Saghi Nameh Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEBBFGHHHHIIII JKLMNN DDEEOOPPPPQQRRIISSTT UUVVWWXXYYQQ HHZZA2A2BBIIB2B2C2C2 D2D2E2E2BBF2F2D2D2G2 E2 H2H2I2I2J2F2K2K2B2B2 L2L2HHM2M2I2I2 N2N2HHL2L2IO2P2Q2R2R 2SS S2O Bearer bring the wine that brings joy | A |
To increase generosity let perfection buoy | B |
Give me some for I have lost my heart | C |
Both traits from me have kept apart | C |
Bring the wine whose reflection in the cup | D |
Signals to all the kings whose times are up | D |
Give me wine and with the reed flute I will sing | E |
When was Jamshid and when Kavoos was king | E |
Bring me the elixir whose grace and alchemy | B |
Bestows treasures from bonds of time sets free | B |
Give me so they'll open the doors once again | F |
Of long life and the bliss that will remain | G |
Bearer give the wine that the Holy Grail | H |
Will make claims of sight in the Void and thus fail | H |
Give me so that I with the help of the Grail | H |
All secrets like Jamshid themselves avail | H |
Speak of the tale of the wheel of fate | I |
proclaim to the kings and heroes of late | I |
This broken world is in the same state | I |
As seen by Afrasiab the mighty the great | I |
Whence his mobilizing army generals | J |
Whence cunning heroes' war cries and calls | K |
Not only his palace has gone to the dust | L |
Even his tomb is destroyed and long lost | M |
This barren desert is in the same stage | N |
As the armies of Salm Toor were lost in its rage | N |
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Bring the wine whose reflection in the cup | D |
Signals to all the kings whose times are up | D |
Well said Jamshid the old majestic king | E |
Worthless is this transient stage and ring | E |
Come Bearer that fire radiant bright | O |
Zarathushtra beneath the earth seeks so right | O |
Give me wine in the creed of the drunk | P |
Whether fire worshipper or worldly monk | P |
Come Bearer that wholesome drunk | P |
Who is forever in the tavern sunk | P |
Give me ill repute bring to my name | Q |
The cup and the wine I shall only blame | Q |
Bring Bearer the water that burns the mind | R |
If lion drinks forest will burn and grind | R |
Courageous I'll go hunting lions of fate | I |
Mess up this old wolf's trap and bait | I |
Bring Bearer that high heavenly wine | S |
That angels with their scent would entwine | S |
Give me wine I'll burn it like sweet incense | T |
Its wise aroma I will sense now and hence | T |
Bearer give me the wine that makes kings | U |
Witnessing its virtues my heart sings | U |
Give me wine to wash away all my flaws | V |
Joyous rise above this rut's deadly claws | V |
When the spiritual garden is my abode | W |
Why have me bound to a board on this road | W |
Give me wine and then see the Ruler's face | X |
Ruin me see treasures of wisdom and grace | X |
And when I hold the cup in my hand | Y |
In the mirror everything I understand | Y |
In my drunken state kingship proclaim | Q |
A monarch when I am drunken and lame | Q |
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Drunken pearls of wisdom unveil | H |
In hiding secrets the selfless fail | H |
Hafiz drunken songs will compose | Z |
From its melody Venus' song flows | Z |
O singer with the sound of the stream | A2 |
Of that majestic song muse and dream | A2 |
Till I make my work joy and ecstasy | B |
I will dance and play with robe of piety | B |
Given a crown and throne by his fate | I |
The fruit of the kingly tree of this estate | I |
Ruler of the land and Lord of the time | B2 |
The grand and fortunate King of the clime | B2 |
He is the greatness vested in the Throne | C2 |
comfort of bird and fish from Him alone | C2 |
For the blessed he is light of the eyes | D2 |
Yet he is the gift of the soul of the wise | D2 |
Behold O auspicious bird | E2 |
The happy inspiration to be heard | E2 |
The world has no pearls in its shells like Thee | B |
Fereydoon and Jamshid had no heirs like Thee | B |
Instead of Alexander be here many a year | F2 |
Know thy heart and discover joy is near | F2 |
But seditious fate many plans may devise | D2 |
Me and my drunkenness troubled by Beloved's eyes | D2 |
One for his work may pick up the sword | G2 |
Another's business only deals with the word | E2 |
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O Player play the song of the new creed | H2 |
To music of the stream tell to my rival breed | H2 |
Finally with my enemy I have a chance | I2 |
At victory in the skies I can glance | I2 |
O Player play something pleasing to the ear | J2 |
With a song and a Gahzal begin a story dear | F2 |
My sorrows have tied me to the ground | K2 |
Raise me with my principles that are sound | K2 |
O singer with the sound of the stream | B2 |
Play and sing that majestic song I dream | B2 |
Make the great souls happy with you | L2 |
Parviz and Barbad remember too | L2 |
O Player paint a picture of the veil | H |
Listen inside they tell a tale | H |
Sing a minstrel's song such | M2 |
That Venus' harp dances with her touch | M2 |
Play so the Sufi goes into a trance | I2 |
Drunken in Union leaves his stance | I2 |
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O Player tambourine and harp play | N2 |
With a lovely tune sing and sway | N2 |
Deceptions of the world make a vivid tale | H |
The night is pregnant what will it entail | H |
O Player I'm sad play one or two | L2 |
In his Oneness as long as you can play too | L2 |
I am astounded by the revolving fate | I |
I don't know who will next degenerate | O2 |
And if the Magi set one on fire | P2 |
Don't know whose light will then expire | Q2 |
In this bloody resurrection field | R2 |
Let the cup and jug their blood yield | R2 |
To the drunk of a good song give a sign | S |
To friends bygone a salutation divine | S |
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Translated by Gertrude Bell | S2 |
Shams Al-din Hafiz Shirazi
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