The Princess Of Qulzum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIB CHJKLMB MNJOJPB QRSTUCB VWXYZZB J| Ballade By Nur Uddin | A |
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| I have seen a small proud face brimming with sunlight | B |
| I have seen the daughter of the King of Qulzum passing from grace to | C |
| grace | D |
| Yesterday she threw her bed on the floor of her double house | E |
| And laughed with a thousand graces | F |
| She has a little pearl and coral cap | G |
| And rides in a palanquin with servants about her | H |
| And claps her hands being too proud to call | I |
| I have seen a small proud face brimming with sunlight | B |
| - | |
| My palanquin is truly green and blue | C |
| I fill the world with pomp and take my pleasure | H |
| I make men run up and down before me | J |
| And am not as young a girl as you pretend | K |
| I am of Iran of a powerful house I am pure steel | L |
| I hear that I am spoken of in Lahore | M |
| I have seen a small proud face brimming with sunlight | B |
| - | |
| I also hear that they speak of you in Lahore | M |
| You walk with a joyous step | N |
| Your nails are red and the palms of your hands are rosy | J |
| A pear tree with a fresh stem is in your palace gardens | O |
| I would not that your mother should give my pear tree | J |
| To twine with an evil spice tree or fool banana | P |
| I have seen a small proud face brimming with sunlight | B |
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| The coins that my father gave me for my forehead | Q |
| Throw rays and light the hearts of far men | R |
| The ray of light from my red ring is sharper than a diamond | S |
| I go about and about in pride as of hemp wine | T |
| And my words are chosen | U |
| But I give you my honey cheeks dear I trust them to you | C |
| I have seen a small proud face brimming with sunlight | B |
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| The words of my mouth are coloured and shining things | V |
| And two great saints are my perpetual guards | W |
| There is never a song of Nur Uddin but has in it a great achievement | X |
| And is as brilliant as a young hyacinth | Y |
| I pour a ray of honey on my disciples | Z |
| There is as it were a fire in my ballades | Z |
| I have seen a small proud face brimming with sunlight | B |
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| From the Pus'hto Afghans nineteenth century | J |
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