The Fountain And The Border Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FCB GHAI CJG AIAB ACC KLMJ HCN OBC PCQ RCJ CAS JAT CJBJ UCVC| Dedicated to Muslim women | A |
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| By the fountain east of the Turkish border | B |
| My Muslim lover waits for me | C |
| I shall be at her side before nightfall | D |
| And I shall gently brush her face | E |
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| Something goes wrong with our rendezvous | F |
| The rebels abduct me unexpectedly | C |
| Somehow they think I am an informer | B |
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| Here in this dark and damp cave I pray | G |
| I recall the nights I spent with my darling | H |
| We had good times at the fountain | A |
| How I miss the moonlight and my guitar | I |
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| The rebels are holding me in captivity | C |
| If I could send her good tidings | J |
| Her heart would not be filled with dismay | G |
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| We used to sit by the fountain | A |
| She would sing while I played my guitar | I |
| We would dance on the wall of the fountain | A |
| And we would jump in the water | B |
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| Each morning she goes back to the fountain | A |
| She sits and waits expectantly | C |
| And she sings her love songs for me | C |
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| Rajeeyah will never lose hope | K |
| Her heart tells her that I am alive | L |
| She is sad lonely and afraid | M |
| But my safe return will bring her gladness | J |
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| On this foggy and snowy morning | H |
| I escape from my captors and flee | C |
| But I feel a sharp pain in my left side | N |
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| I am only a short distance from the village | O |
| And I have to get across the border | B |
| I cannot let the pursuers kill me | C |
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| I am cold and I am getting weak | P |
| But my love for Rajeeyah strengthens me | C |
| And I get up each time I fall in the snow | Q |
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| Limping and leaning on a long stick | R |
| I manage to cross the border safely | C |
| The villagers rescue me and nurse my wounds | J |
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| It is a miracle that I am free | C |
| Now I must hurry to the fountain | A |
| My beauty waits for me there | S |
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| I see Rajeeyah from a distance | J |
| Although the water is frozen | A |
| She is still hoping that I shall return | T |
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| My darling catches sight of me | C |
| And she runs to greet me with open arms | J |
| We embrace each other | B |
| And tears roll down our cheeks | J |
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| Rajeeyah and I are together at last | U |
| The fountain gave her faith in me | C |
| Our kisses filled the night with love | V |
| Nothing can keep me away from my baby | C |
Marlon Pitter
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