The Morning Sun Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH IH HH JH KH IL HH MJ HN OO PI QQ RI| Far from the ignoble strife of Man's tavern you are | A |
| The wine cup adorning the sky's assemblage you are | A |
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| The jewel which should be the pearl of the morning's bride's ear you are | A |
| The ornament which would be the pride of horizon's forehead you are | A |
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| The blot of night's ink from time's page has been removed | B |
| The star from sky like a spurious picture has been removed | B |
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| When from the roof of the sky your beauty appears | C |
| Effect of sleep's wine suddenly from eyes disappears | C |
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| Perception's expanse gets filled with light | D |
| Though opens only the material eye your light | D |
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| The spectacle which the eyes seek is desired | E |
| The effulgence which would open the insight is desired | E |
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| The desires for freedom were not fulfilled in this life | F |
| We remained imprisoned in chains of dependence all life | F |
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| The high and the low are alike for your eye | G |
| I too have longing for such a discerning eye | G |
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| May my eye shedding tears in sympathy for others' woes be | H |
| May my heart free from the prejudice of nation and customs be | H |
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| May my tongue be not bound with discrimination of color | I |
| May mankind be my nation the whole world my country be | H |
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| May secret of Nature's organization clear to my insight be | H |
| May smoke of my imagination's candle rising to the sky be | H |
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| May search for secrets of opposites not make me restless | J |
| May the Love creating Beauty in everything appear to me | H |
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| If the rose petals get damaged by the breeze | K |
| May its pain dropping from my eye as a tear be | H |
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| May the heart contain that little spark of Love's fire | I |
| The light of which may contain the secret of the Truth | L |
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| May my heart not mine but the Beloved's mirror be | H |
| May no thought in my mind except human sympathy be | H |
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| If you cannot endure the hardships of the tumultuous world | M |
| O the Great Luminary that is not the mark of greatness | J |
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| As you are not aware of your world decorating beauty | H |
| You cannot be equal to a speck of dust at the Man's door | N |
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| The light of Man eager for the Spectacle ever remained | O |
| And you obligated to the tomorrow's morning ever remained | O |
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| Longing for the Light of the Truth is only in our hearts | P |
| Abode of Lailah of desire for search is only in this litter | I |
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| Opening of the difficult knot Oh what a pleasure it is | Q |
| The pleasure of universal gain in our endless effort is | Q |
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| Your bosom is unacquainted with the pain of investigation | R |
| You are not familiar with searching of the secrets of Nature | I |
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
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