It's Raining My Son

Vahan Tekeyan 1878 (Constantinople) – 1948 (Cairo)



It's raining my son.... The autumn is wet,
Wet like the eyes of a poor beguiled love....
Go, close the window, and close the door,
Then come beside me, come, face me seated

In silence supreme.... It's raining my son.
Does it rain sometimes also in your soul?
Does your heart chill too? and do you shiver
Reflecting on the bright and bygone sun

Behind one of the closed doors of destiny?
But you weep my son.... In darkness, at once
Heavy tears outflow from your wet, wet eyes....

Weep, weep the tears of soon lost innocence;
Weep without knowing, my poor unwise son,
The poor prey of life; weep that you may grow.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX AXXA XBX BAX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 608
Words 116
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

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