Analysis of Here will I take my rest
Shams al-Din Hafiz 1315 (Shiraz) – 1390 (Shiraz)
My lady, that did change this house of mine
Into a heaven when that she dwelt therein,
From head to foot an angel's grace divine
Enwrapped her; pure she was, spotless of sin;
Fair as the moon her countenance, and wise;
Lords of the kind and tender glance, her eyes
With an abounding loveliness did shine.
Then said my heart: Here will I take my rest!
This city breathes her love in every part.
But to a distant bourne was she addressed,
Alas! he knew it not, alas, poor heart!
The influence of some cold malignant star
Has loosed my hand that held her, lone and far
She joumeyeth that lay upon my breast.
Not only did she lift my bosom's veil,
Reveal its inmost secret, but her grace
Drew back the curtain from Heaven's mansions pale,
And gave her there an eternal dwelling-place.
The flower-strewn river lip and meadows fair,
The rose herself but fleeting treasures were,
Regret and Winter follow in their trail.
Dear were the days which perished with my friend--
Ah, what is left of life, now she is dead,
All wisdomless and profitless I spend!
The nightingale his own life's blood doth shed,
When, to the kisses of the wind, the morn
Unveils the rose's splendour-with his torn
And jealous breast he dyes her petals red.
Yet pardon her, oh Heart, for poor wert thou,
A humble dervish on the dusty way;
Crowned with the crown of empire was her brow,
And in the realms of beauty she bore sway.
But all the joy that Hafiz' hand might hold,
Lay in the beads that morn and eve he told,
Worn with God's praise; and see! he holds it now.
Scheme | ABABCCA DEDEFFD GHGHXXG IJIJKKJ LMLMNNL |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1101111111 01010111101 111111101 101111011 1101010001 1101010101 11010111 1111111111 11010101001 1101011101 0111110111 01001110101 1111110101 11110111 110111111 011110101 11010110101 01011010101 0101101011 0101110100 0101010011 1001110111 1111111111 110111 0100111111 1101010101 010101111 0101110101 1100111111 0101010101 11011100101 0001110111 110111111 1001110111 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,506 |
Words | 286 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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