<P> tarz - i guftar - i Dari shirin tar ast </P> <P> Translation: Even though in sweetness Hindi * is sugar--(but) speech method in Dari (Persian dialect) is sweeter * </P> <P> Iqbal's Bang - e-Dara (The Call of the Marching Bell), his first collection of Urdu poetry, was published in 1924 . It was written in three distinct phases of his life . The poems he wrote up to 1905--the year he left for England--reflect patriotism and imagery of nature, including the Tarana - e-Hind (The song of India), and Tarana - e-Milli (The song of the Community). The second set of poems date from 1905--1908, when Iqbal studied in Europe, and dwell upon the nature of European society, which he emphasised had lost spiritual and religious values . This inspired Iqbal to write poems on the historical and cultural heritage of Islam and the Muslim community, with a global perspective . Iqbal urges the entire Muslim community, addressed as the Ummah, to define personal, social and political existence by the values and teachings of Islam . </P> <P> Iqbal's works were in Persian for most of his career, but after 1930 his works were mainly in Urdu . His works in this period were often specifically directed at the Muslim masses of India, with an even stronger emphasis on Islam and Muslim spiritual and political reawakening . Published in 1935, the Bal - e-Jibril (Wings of Gabriel) is considered by many critics as his finest Urdu poetry, and was inspired by his visit to Spain, where he visited the monuments and legacy of the kingdom of the Moors . It consists of ghazals, poems, quatrains, epigrams and carries a strong sense of religious passion . </P>

Speech on 21st april iqbal day in urdu