Did I Not Say To You Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMKLNOPLL| Did I not say to you Go not there for I am your friend in this | A |
| mirage of annihilation I am the fountain of life | B |
| Even though in anger you depart a hundred thousand years | C |
| from me in the end you will come to me for I am your goal | D |
| Did I not say to you Be not content with worldly forms for I | E |
| am the fashioner of the tabernacle of your contentment | F |
| Did I not say to you I am the sea and you are a single fish | G |
| go not to dry land for I am your crystal sea | H |
| Did I not say to you Go not like birds to the snare come for | I |
| I am the power of flight and your wings and feet | J |
| Did I not say to you They will waylay you and make you | K |
| cold for I am the fire and warmth and heat of your desire | L |
| Did I not say to you They will implant in you ugly qualities | M |
| so that you will forget that I am the source of purity to you | K |
| Did I not say to you Do not say from what direction the ser | L |
| vant s affairs come into order I am the Creator without | N |
| directions | O |
| If you are the lamp of the heart know where the road is to the | P |
| house and if you are godlike of attribute know that I am your | L |
| Master | L |
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
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