A Longing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB AC DB EB FB BB BB DB BB GB HB BB IB JB KB LB MB LB NB BB| O Lord I have become weary of human assemblages | A |
| When the heart is sad no pleasure in assemblages can be | B |
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| I seek escape from tumult my heart desires | A |
| The silence which speech may ardently love | C |
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| I vehemently desire silence I strongly long that | D |
| A small hut in the mountain's side may there be | B |
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| Freed from worry I may live in retirement | E |
| Freed from the cares of the world I may be | B |
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| Birds chirping may give the pleasure of the lyre | F |
| In the spring's noise may the orchestra's melody be | B |
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| The flower bud bursting may give God's message to me | B |
| Showing the whole world to me this small wine cup may be | B |
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| My arm may be my pillow and the green grass my bed be | B |
| Putting the congregation to shame my solitude's quality be | B |
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| The nightingale be so familiar with my face that | D |
| Her little heart harboring no fear from me may be | B |
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| Avenues of green trees standing on both sides be | B |
| The spring's clear water providing a beautiful picture be | B |
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| The view of the mountain range may be so beautiful | G |
| To see it the waves of water again and again rising be | B |
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| The verdure may be asleep in the lap of the earth | H |
| Water running through the bushes may glistening be | B |
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| Again and again the flowered boughs touching the water be | B |
| As if some beauty looking at itself in mirror be | B |
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| When the sun apply myrtle to the evening's bride | I |
| The tunic of every flower may pinkish golden be | B |
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| When night's travellers falter behind with fatigue | J |
| Their only hope my broken earthenware lamp may be | B |
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| May the lightning lead them to my hut | K |
| When clouds hovering over the whole sky be | B |
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| The early dawn's cuckoo that morning's mu'adhdhin | L |
| May my confidante he be and may his confidante I be | B |
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| May I not be obligated to the temple or to the mosque | M |
| May the hut's hole alone herald of morning's arrival be | B |
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| When the dew may come to perform the flowers' ablution | L |
| May wailing my supplication weeping my ablution be | B |
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| In this silence may my heart's wailing rise so high | N |
| That for stars' caravan the clarion's call my wailing be | B |
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| May every compassionate heart weeping with me be | B |
| Perhaps it may awaken those who may unconscious be | B |
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
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