Two African Breasts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCADEFFABCAGGFHACFF AFFF FIFJFAFFKFFC CLGFHMJCNCFFFF OPF CFJ ONJJJQCF RSTFSUFVBCIFFSI

Let me find timeA
to welcome in this loveB
that comes unbidC
Let me find timeA
to memorizeD
this face that risesE
out of the treesF
of forgetfulnessF
Give me the timeA
to escape this loveB
that stops my bloodC
Let me find timeA
to recognize your nameG
my nameG
and the placeF
where I was bornH
Let me find timeA
to know where I shall dieC
and how I will revive asF
a bird inside your eyesF
Let me find timeA
to study the state of windsF
and waves to learn the mapsF
of baysF
-
Woman who lodgesF
inside the futureI
pepper and pomegranate seedsF
give me a countryJ
to make me forget all countriesF
and give me timeA
to avoid this Andalusian faceF
this Andalusian voiceF
this Andalusian deathK
coming from all directionsF
Let me find time to prophesyF
the coming of the floodC
-
Woman who was inscribedC
in books of magicL
before you cameG
the world was proseF
Now poetry is bornH
Give me the time to catchM
the colt that runs toward meJ
your breastC
The dot over a lineN
A bedouin breast sweetC
as cardamom seedsF
as coffee brewing over embersF
its form ancient as Damascene brassF
as Egyptian templesF
-
Let me find luckO
to pick the fish that swimP
under the watersF
-
Your feet on the carpetC
are the shape and stanceF
of poetryJ
-
Let me find the luckO
to know the dividing lineN
between the certaintyJ
of love and heresyJ
Give me the opportunityJ
to be convinced I have seenQ
the star and have been spoken toC
by saintsF
-
Woman whose thighs are likeR
the desert palm where goldenS
dates fall fromT
your breasts speak seven tonguesF
and I was made to listenS
to them allU
Give me the chanceF
to avoid this stormV
this sweeping loveB
this wintry air and to be convincedC
to blaspheme and to enterI
the flesh of thingsF
Give me the chanceF
to be the oneS
to walk on waterI

Nizar Qabbani



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