O My Friends Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFGHIJKL M

O my friendsA
What can you tell me of LoveB
Whose pathways are filled with strangenessC
When you offer the Great One your loveB
At the first step your body is crushedD
Next be ready to offer your head as his seatE
Be ready to orbit his lamp like a moth giving in to the lightF
To live in the deer as she runs toward the hunter's callG
In the partridge that swallows hot coals for love of the moonH
In the fish that kept from the sea happily diesI
Like a bee trapped for life in the closing of the sweet flowerJ
Mira has offered herself to her LordK
She says the single Lotus will swallow you wholeL
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Translated by Jane HirshfieldM

Mirabai



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