Analysis of I am pale with longing for my beloved;
I am pale with longing for my beloved;
People believe I am ill.
Seizing on every possible pretext,
I try to meet him 'by accident.'
They have sent for a country doctor;
He grabs my arm and prods it;
How can he diagnose my pain?
It's in my heart that I am afflicted.
Go home, country doctor,
Don't address me by my name;
It's the name of God that has wounded me,
Don't force your medicines on me.
The sweetness of his lips is a pot of nectar,
That's the only curd for which I crave;
Mira's Lord is Giridhar Naagar.
He will feed me nectar again and again.
[Translated by Nita Ramaiya]
Scheme | XXXX AXXX AXBB AXAX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101101 1001111 1011001001 111111100 111101010 1111011 1110111 1011111010 111010 111111 1011111101 11110011 010111101110 101011111 11111 11111001001 0101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 614 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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