Because I Cannot Sleep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIIJIKLMNOPMD QQQRSTQHUVH| Because I cannot sleep | A |
| I make music at night | B |
| I am troubled by the one | C |
| whose face has the color of spring flowers | D |
| I have neither sleep nor patience | E |
| neither a good reputation nor disgrace | F |
| A thousand robes of wisdom are gone | G |
| All my good manners have moved a thousand miles away | H |
| The heart and the mind are left angry with each other | I |
| The stars and the moon are envious of each other | I |
| Because of this alienation the physical universe | J |
| is getting tighter and tighter | I |
| The moon says 'How long will I remain | K |
| suspended without a sun ' | L |
| Without Love's jewel inside of me | M |
| let the bazaar of my existence be destroyed stone by stone | N |
| O Love You who have been called by a thousand names | O |
| You who know how to pour the wine | P |
| into the chalice of the body | M |
| You who give culture to a thousand cultures | D |
| You who are faceless but have a thousand faces | Q |
| O Love You who shape the faces | Q |
| of Turks Europeans and Zanzibaris | Q |
| give me a glass from Your bottle | R |
| or a handful of being from Your Branch | S |
| Remove the cork once more | T |
| Then we'll see a thousand chiefs prostrate themselves | Q |
| and a circle of ecstatic troubadours will play | H |
| Then the addict will be freed of craving | U |
| and will be resurrected | V |
| and stand in awe till Judgement Day | H |
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
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