Surpa-nakha In Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DE FF GG HH IJ KK LL B MM NN OO PP Q RR MM BB FF SS BB TU| As the Moon with starry Chitra dwells in azure skies above | A |
| In his lonesome leafy cottage Rama dwelt in Sita's love | A |
| - | |
| And with Lakshman strong and valiant quick to labour and obey | B |
| Tales of bygone times recounting Rama passed the livelong day | B |
| - | |
| And it so befell a maiden dweller of the darksome wood | C |
| Led by wand'ring thought or fancy once before the cottage stood | C |
| - | |
| Surpa nakha Raksha maiden sister of the Raksha lord | D |
| Came and looked with eager longing till her soul was passion stirred | E |
| - | |
| Looked on Rama lion chested mighty arm d lotus eyed | F |
| Stately as the jungle tusker with his crown of tresses tied | F |
| - | |
| Looked on Rama lofty fronted with a royal visage graced | G |
| Like KANDARPA young and lustrous lotus hued and lotus faced | G |
| - | |
| What though she a Raksha maiden poor in beauty plain in face | H |
| Fell her glances passion laden on the prince of peerless grace | H |
| - | |
| What though wild her eyes and tresses and her accents counselled fear | I |
| Soft eyed Rama fixed her bosom and his sweet voice thrilled her ear | J |
| - | |
| What though bent on deeds unholy holy Rama won her heart | K |
| And forlove makes bold afemale thus didshe her thoughts impart | K |
| - | |
| 'Who be thou in hermit's vestments in thy native beauty bright | L |
| Friended by a youthful woman arm d with thy bow of might | L |
| - | |
| Who be thou in these lone regions where the Rakshas hold their sway | B |
| Wherefore in a lonely cottage in this darksome jungle stay ' | - |
| - | |
| With his wonted truth and candour Rama spake sedate and bold | M |
| And the story of his exile to the Raksha maiden told | M |
| - | |
| 'Dasa ratha of Ayodhya ruled with INDRA'S godlike fame | N |
| And his eldest first born Rama by his mandate here I came | N |
| - | |
| Younger Lakshman strong and valiant doth with me these forests roam | O |
| And my wife Videha's daughter Sita makes with me her home | O |
| - | |
| Duteous to my father's bidding duteous to my mother's will | P |
| Striving in the cause of virtue in the woods we wander still | P |
| - | |
| Tell me female of the forest who thou be and whence thy birth | Q |
| Much I fear thou art a Raksha wearing various forms on earth ' | - |
| - | |
| 'Listen ' so spake Surpa nakha 'if my purpose thou wouldst know | R |
| I am Raksha Surpa nakha wearing various shapes below | R |
| - | |
| Know my brothers royal Ravan Lanka's lord from days of old | M |
| Kumbha karna dread and dauntless and Bibhishan true and bold | M |
| - | |
| Khara and the doughty Dushan with me in these forests stray | B |
| But by Rama's love emboldened I have left them on the way | B |
| - | |
| Broad and boundless is my empire and I wander in my pride | F |
| Thee I choose as lord and husband cast thy human wife aside | F |
| - | |
| Pale is Sita and misshapen scarce a warrior's worthy wife | S |
| To a nobler lordlier female consecrate thy gallant life | S |
| - | |
| Human flesh is food of Rakshas weakling Sita I will slay | B |
| Slay that boy thy stripling brother thee as husband I obey | B |
| - | |
| On the peaks of lofty mountains in the forests dark and lone | T |
| We shall range the boundless woodlands and the joys of dalliance prove | U |
Valmiki
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Surpa-nakha In Love poem by Valmiki
Best Poems of Valmiki