The Korathy's Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFG BCHIJG BCKLMN BCKOPO BCQIRS| The Korathy is the tattooer of the Indian village who offers her services for a small fee Hindu females are very fond of having their bodies tattooed The Korathy first makes a sketch of the figure of a scorpion or a serpent on the part of the body offered to her for tattooing then takes a number of sharp needles dips them in some liquid preparation which she has ready and pricks the flesh most mercilessly In a few days the whole appears green This is considered a mark of beauty among the Hindus While the tattooing takes place the Korathy sings a crude song so as to make the person undergoing the process forget the pain The following is as nearly as possible a translation of the song which I myself heard | A |
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| Stay darling stay 'tis only for an hour | B |
| And you will be the fairest of the fair | C |
| Your lotus eyes can soothe the savage beast | D |
| Your lips are like the newly blossomed rose | E |
| Your teeth they shine like pearls but what are they | F |
| Before the beauties of my handiwork | G |
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| Stay darling stay 'tis only for an hour | B |
| And you will be the fairest of the fair | C |
| I've left my home and all day hard I toil | H |
| So to adorn the maidens of the land | I |
| That erring husbands may return to them | J |
| Such are the beauties of my handiwork | G |
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| Stay darling stay 'tis only for an hour | B |
| And you will be the fairest of the fair | C |
| In days of old fair Seeta laid her head | K |
| Upon the lap of one of our own clan | L |
| When with her lord she wandered in the wilds | M |
| And like the emerald shone her beauteous arms | N |
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| Stay darling stay 'tis only for an hour | B |
| And you will be the fairest of the fair | C |
| And often in the wilds so it is said | K |
| She also of the Pandus went in quest | O |
| Of one of us but found not even one | P |
| And sighed she was not like her sisters blest | O |
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| Stay darling stay 'tis only for an hour | B |
| And you will be the fairest of the fair | C |
| My work is done rejoice for you will be | Q |
| The fairest of your sisters in the land | I |
| Rejoice for evermore among them you | R |
| Will shine as doth the moon among the stars | S |
Ramakrishna, T.
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