How Bà¡rbad Lamented Khusrau Parwiz Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHAIFJKCACLAMN OPQP ADAD RARA SASA RTRT CUCU CKCK AOAO ACAC JOJO AAAA AVAV WAAA OXOX RAR CYCAANow list the lamentation of B rbod | A |
And grow forgetful of the world at large | B |
On hearing that the Sh h not by advice | C |
And 'gainst his will no longer filled the throne | D |
That 'men are seeking how to murder him | E |
The soldiers are renouncing fealty ' | F |
B rbad came from Chahram to Taisaf n | G |
With tearful eyes and heart o'ercharged he came | H |
To that abode and saw the Sh h whereat | A |
His tulip cheeks became like fenugreek | I |
He bode awhile in presence of the Sh h | F |
Then went with wailing to the audience hall | J |
His love flamed in his heart his heart and soul | K |
Burned in his anguish for Khusrau Parwiz | C |
His eyes rained like a cloud in Spring and made | A |
His bosom as the margent of the sea | C |
He fashioned him a dirge upon the harp | L |
And to that dirge he sang a mournful plaint | A |
With visage wan and heart fulfilled with grief | M |
He thus lamented in the olden tongue | N |
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'O Sh h O noble chieftan O Khusrau | O |
O great O strong O hero ne'er cast down | P |
Where are thy mastery and greatness now | Q |
Where all thy Grace thy fortune and thy crown | P |
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'Where that imperial circlet towering height | A |
Where are thine armlets and thine ivory throne | D |
Where all thy manliness thy Grace and might | A |
Who 'neath thy wings hadst this world for thine own | D |
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'Oh whither are thy dames and minstrels gone | R |
Gate audience hall and leaders of thy day | A |
The diadem and K wa's gonfalon | R |
And all the blue steel falchions where are they | A |
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'Where are the head the crown that loved it well | S |
Mate of the earrings and the throne of gold | A |
Where are Shabdiz his stirrups and his sell | S |
The steed that 'neath thee ever caracol'd | A |
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'Where are thy helmet head and habergeon | R |
All golden and compacted gem to gem | T |
Thy cavaliers in gold caparison | R |
Whose swords made enemies the sheaths for them | T |
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'Where all the camels for thy progresses | C |
The golden litters and attendance rife | U |
Led steeds white elephants and dromedaries | C |
Have one and all grown hopeless of life | U |
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'Where are thy fluent tongue and courteous | C |
Thy heart thy purpose and thine ardent soul | K |
Why reft of all art thou abandoned thus | C |
Hast read of such a day in any roll | K |
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'Oh trust not to this world whose remedy | A |
Is weaker than its bane 'Twas thy desire | O |
To have a son to aid and succour thee | A |
Now through the son the gyves are on the sire | O |
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'It is by sons that kings obtain their might | A |
And are unblemished by time's travailings | C |
Yet ever as his sons increased in height | A |
Both Grace and vigour failed the king of kings | C |
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'None that shall lend an ear while men recall | J |
The story of Khusrau Parwiz must dare | O |
to trust the world Account as ruined all | J |
Ir n and as the pards' and lions' lair | O |
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'of the S s nian race the Sh h was head | A |
One peerless in the sight of crown and state | A |
The foeman's wishes are accomplish d | A |
And like Ir n the race is desolate | A |
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'No man possessed a larger host than he | A |
Yet who had cause for justice to beseech | V |
The great protector brought the misery | A |
And now the wolves are making for the breach | V |
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''O Sh h devoid of shame ' thus tell Shirwi | W |
'Such conduct is not worthy of this court | A |
Count not upon thy troops' fidelity | A |
When war is rife on all sides ' God support | A |
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'Thy soul my master and it is my prayer | O |
That He thy foemen's heads may headlong fling | X |
By God and by thy life my king I swear | O |
By New Year's Day by sun and jocund Spring | X |
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'If e'er this hand of mine again shall turn | R |
To harping may no blessing light on me | A |
Mine instruments of music will I burn | R |
That I may ne'er behold thine enemy ' | - |
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He cut four fingers off and grasped the stumps | C |
Within his other palm Returning home | Y |
He kindled fire and burned his instruments | C |
While those about Kub d both day and night | A |
At all that might befall them quaked with fright | A |
Abul-qasim Ferdowsi Tusi
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