A Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCC DED FGF HII EJJ KLK MN OPP QPP HH R SGATP U V| My invocations are sincere and true | A |
| They form my ablutions and prayers due | A |
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| One glance of guide such joy and warmth can | B |
| grant | C |
| On marge of stream can bloom the tulip plant | C |
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| One has no comrade on Love's journey long | D |
| Save fervent zeal and passion great and | E |
| strong | D |
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| O God at gates of rich I do not bow | F |
| You are my dwelling place and nesting | G |
| bough | F |
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| Your Love in my breast burns like Doomsday | H |
| morn | I |
| The cry He is God on my lips is born | I |
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| Your Love makes me God fret with pain and | E |
| pine | J |
| You are the only quest and aim of mine | J |
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| Without You town appears devoid of life | K |
| When present same town appears astir with | L |
| strife | K |
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| For wine of gnosis I request and ask | M |
| To get some dregs I break the cup and glass | N |
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| The mystics' gourds and commons' pitchers | O |
| wait | P |
| For liquor of your Grace and Bounty great | P |
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| Against Your godhead I have a genuine | Q |
| plaint | P |
| For You the Spaceless while for me restraint | P |
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| Both verse and wisdom indicate the way | H |
| Which longing face to face can not convey | H |
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| Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah | R |
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| The mystic's soul is like the morning breeze | S |
| It freshens and renews life's inner meaning | G |
| An illumined soul can be a shepherd's who | A |
| Could hear the Voice of God at God's | T |
| command | P |
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| Translated by Naim Siddiqui | U |
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| Not This poem has been written in the Mosque of Cordoba | V |
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
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