Beirut, The Mistress Of The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECCFBCGF HFFIJJKLFFMH| Beirut the Mistress of the World | A |
| We confess before the One God | B |
| That we were envious of you | C |
| That your beauty hurt us | D |
| We confess now | E |
| That we've maltreated and misunderstood you | C |
| And we had no mercy and didn't excuse you | C |
| And we offered you a dagger in place of flowers | F |
| We confess before the fair God | B |
| That we injured you alas we tired you | C |
| That we vexed you and made you cry | G |
| And we burdened you with our insurrections | F |
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| O Beirut | H |
| The world without you won't suffice us | F |
| We now realize your roots are deep inside us | F |
| We now realize what offence we've perpetrated | I |
| Rise from under the rubble | J |
| Like a flower of Almond in April | J |
| Get over your sorrow | K |
| Since revolution grows in the wounds of grief | L |
| Rise in honor of the forests | F |
| Rise in honor of the rivers | F |
| Rise in honor of humankind | M |
| Rise O Beirut | H |
Nizar Qabbani
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