Analysis of Lord, what a Beloved is mine!

Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )



Lord, what a Beloved is mine! I have a sweet quarry; I possess
in my breast a hundred meadows from his reed.
When in anger the messenger comes and repairs towards me,
he says, “Whither are you fleeing? I have business with you.”
Last night I asked the new moon concerning my Moon. The
moon said, “I am running in his wake, my foot is in his dust.”
When the sun arose I said,” How yellow of face you are!” The
sun said, “Out of shame for his countenance I have a face of
gold.”
“Water, you are prostrate, you are running on your head and
face.” Water said, “Because of his incantation I move like a
snake.”
“Noble fire, why do you writhe so?” Fire said, “Because of
the lightning of his face my heart is restless.”
“Wind-messenger of the world, why are you light of heart?”
Wind said, “My heart would burn if the choice were mine.”
“Earth, what are you meditation, silent and watchful?” Earth
said, “Within me I have a garden and spring.”
Pass over these elements, God is our succorer; my head is
aching, in my hand I hold wine.
If you have barred sleep to us, the way of intoxication is open.
Since I have one to assist, he offers wine in both hands.
Be silent, that without this tongue the heart may speak; when
I hear the speech of the heart, I feel ashamed of this speech.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1100111110110101 0110101111 101001001001011 11101110111011 1111011010110 111110011111011 101011111011110 111111110011011 1 10111011101110 1101011101101110 1 101011111101011 01011111110 1100101111111 11111110101 1111010100101 10111101001 110110011101111 10011111 11111110110010110 11111011101011 1101011101111 11011011101111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,331
Words 259
Sentences 21
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 961
Words per stanza (avg) 244
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī, and more popularly simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet, faqih, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran. more…

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