Life's Mighty Flood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDDD EDEDDFFD GHGHDIID JDJDDKLD MNONDPPD| WHAT is wrought in the forge of the living and life | A |
| All things are nought Ho fill me the bowl | B |
| For nought is the gear of the world and the strife | A |
| One passion has quickened the heart and the soul | B |
| The Beloved's presence alone they have sought | C |
| Love at least exists yet if Love were not | D |
| Heart and soul would sink to the common lot | D |
| All things are nought | D |
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| Like an empty cup is the fate of each | E |
| That each must fill from Life's mighty flood | D |
| Nought thy toil though to Paradise gate thou reach | E |
| If Another has filled up thy cup with blood | D |
| Neither shade from the sweet fruited trees could be bought | D |
| By thy praying oh Cypress of Truth dost not see | F |
| That Sidreh and Tuba were nought and to thee | F |
| All then were nought | D |
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| The span of thy life is as five little days | G |
| Brief hours and swift in this halting place | H |
| Rest softly ah rest while the Shadow delays | G |
| For Time's self is nought and the dial's face | H |
| On the lip of Oblivion we linger and short | D |
| Is the way from the Lip to the Mouth where we pass | I |
| While the moment is thine fill oh Saki the glass | I |
| Ere all is nought | D |
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| Consider the rose that breaks into flower | J |
| Neither repines though she fade and die | D |
| The powers of the world endure for an hour | J |
| But nought shall remain of their majesty | D |
| Be not too sure of your crown you who thought | D |
| That virtue was easy and recompense yours | K |
| From the monastery to the wine tavern doors | L |
| The way is nought | D |
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| What though I too have tasted the salt of my tears | M |
| Though I too have burnt in the fires of grief | N |
| Shall I cry aloud to unheeding ears | O |
| Mourn and be silent nought brings relief | N |
| Thou Hafiz art praised for the songs thou hast wrought | D |
| But bearing a stained or an honoured name | P |
| The lovers of wine shall make light of thy fame | P |
| All things are nought | D |
Shams Al-din Hafiz Shirazi
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