A Damascene Moon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHAIJAKLMNAOPQ| Green Tunisia I have come to you as a lover | A |
| On my brow a rose and a book | B |
| For I am the Damascene whose profession is passion | C |
| Whose singing turns the herbs green | D |
| A Damascene moon travels through my blood | E |
| Nightingales and grain and domes | F |
| From Damascus jasmine begins its whiteness | G |
| And fragrances perfume themselves with her scent | H |
| From Damascus water begins for wherever | A |
| You lean your head a stream flows | I |
| And poetry is a sparrow spreading its wings | J |
| Over Sham and a poet is a voyager | A |
| From Damascus love begins for our ancestors | K |
| Worshipped beauty they dissolved it and they melted away | L |
| From Damascus horses begin their journey | M |
| And the stirrups are tightened for the great conquest | N |
| From Damascus eternity begins and with her | A |
| Languages remain and genealogies are preserved | O |
| And Damascus gives Arabism its form | P |
| And on its land epochs materialize | Q |
Nizar Qabbani
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