The Ravings Which My Enemy Uttered I Heard Within My Heart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMJIJNJOO PQARSTSUVW| The ravings which my enemy uttered I heard within my heart | A |
| the secret thoughts he harbored against me I also perceived | B |
| His dog bit my foot he showed me much injustice I do not | C |
| bite him like a dog I have bitten my own lip | D |
| Since I have penetrated into the secrets of individuals like men | E |
| of God why should I take glory in having penetrated his secret | F |
| I reproach myself that through my doubtings it so happened | G |
| that purposely I drew a scorpion towards my own foot | H |
| Like Eblis who saw nothing of Adam except his fire by God I | I |
| was invisible to his insignificant Eblis | J |
| Convey to my friends why I am afflicted in mind when the | K |
| snake bit my thigh I started away from the black rope | L |
| The blessed silent ones their lips and eyes closed by a way | M |
| unknown to any man I ran into their thoughts | J |
| Since there is a secret and perfect way from heart to heart I | I |
| gathered gold and silver from the treasuries of hearts | J |
| Into the thought that was like a brazen stove I flung the dead | N |
| dog out of the thought that was like a rose bower I plucked roses | J |
| and jasmine | O |
| If I have hinted at the evil and good ofm y friends I have spun | O |
| flax like a weaver as the choicest veil | P |
| When my heart rushed suddenly to a heart mighty and aware | Q |
| out of awe for his heart I fluttered like the heart | A |
| As you are happy with your own state how did you fall in with | R |
| me Attend to your own business for I am neither shaikh nor | S |
| disciple | T |
| As far as you are concerned brother I am neither copper nor | S |
| red gold drive me from your door for I am neither lock nor key | U |
| Take it as if I had not ever spoken these words if you had been | V |
| in my mind by God I would not have quarreled | W |
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
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