Ballade Of Muhammad Din Tilai Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFB FGFHB IJKLMB NIOPQB ORSB FTNB N| A twist of fresh flowers on your dark hair | A |
| And your hair is a panther's shadow | B |
| On your white cheeks the down of a thousand roses | C |
| They speak about your beauty in Lahore | D |
| You have your mother's lips | E |
| Your ring is frosted with rubies | F |
| And your hair is a panther's shadow | B |
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| Your ring is frosted with rubies | F |
| I was unhappy and you looked over the wall | G |
| I saw your face among the crimson lilies | F |
| There is no armour that a lover can buy | H |
| And your hair is a panther's shadow | B |
| - | |
| The cool fingers of the mistress burn her lovers | I |
| And they go away | J |
| I have fatigued the wise of many lands | K |
| And my hair is a tangle of serpents | L |
| What is the profit of these shawls without you | M |
| And my hair is a panther's shadow | B |
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| A squadron of my father's men are about me | N |
| And I have woven a collar of yellow flowers | I |
| My eyes are veiled because I drink cups of bhang | O |
| Being a daughter of the daughter of queens | P |
| You cannot touch me because of my palaces | Q |
| And my hair is a panther's shadow | B |
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| I will touch you though your beauty be as fair as song | O |
| For I am a disciple of Abdel Qadir Gilani | R |
| And my songs are as beautiful as women and as strong as love | S |
| And your hair is a panther's shadow | B |
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| Your ring is frosted with rubies | F |
| Muhammad Din awaits the parting of your scarves | T |
| Tilai is standing here young and magnificent like a tree | N |
| And your hair is a panther's shadow | B |
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| From the Pus'hto Afghans nineteenth century | N |
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