The Colorful Rose Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB BA CD EA FF AA AE GG AH IJ KJ LM| You are not troubled with solving enigmas | A |
| O beautiful Rose nor do you have sublime feelings in your heart | B |
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| Though you ornament the assembly still you flower apart | B |
| In life's assembly I am not permitted such comforts | A |
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| In my garden I am the complete orchestra of longing | C |
| While your life is devoid of love's passionate warmth | D |
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| To pluck you from the branch is not my custom | E |
| I am not blinded by mere appearances | A |
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| O colorful rose this hand is not your tormentor | F |
| I am no callous flower picker | F |
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| I am no intern to analyze you with scientific eyes | A |
| Like a lover I see you with nightingales' eyes | A |
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| Despite your innumerable tongues you have chosen silence | A |
| What secrets O Rose lie concealed in your bosom | E |
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| Like me you're a leaf from the garden of r | G |
| Far from the garden I am far from the garden we both are | G |
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| You are content but I am a scattered fragrance | A |
| Pierced by the sword of love in my quest | H |
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| This turmoil within me might be a means of fulfillment | I |
| This torment a source of illumination | J |
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| My frailty might be the beginning of strength | K |
| My envy might mirror the cup of divination | J |
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| My constant vigil is a world illuminating candle | L |
| And teaches this steed the human intellect to gallop | M |
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
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