Sunday, March 27, 2011

Template poetry of love and of scorn

Poetry is the consummate mercenary,  it can adapt to anyone, and anything really (often for the right price, ask Al-Mutanabbi!). This is a template poem that can be used in addressing a woman one loves,  all it needs is a two syllable name to place where I have left a ____ !

Oh Pygmalion! Had you known
That _______   was on her way
Would have you dared shown
Galatea the light of day?

A queen who needs no throne
Her smile does hold a sway
Lovely April’s sun at dawn
Lovelier her smile in May!

Her love makes  my words  tremble
Heavens ! The will that I may say:
“In your voice I hear the choir,
of nightingales when they pray!”

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The principle is universal, now  in Arabic, but in the opposite context :

نسيتك وما الليالي طوال        لوجه القمر لست أبدا  مثال
وما كل صعب بجميل           وما الشوك إلا صعب المنال
ظننت أن العيش بصعب          بدونك وضرب م المحال 
فوجدت روحي عادت إل        ي والنوم صار سمة الليالي 
وما عاد الجمال فيك حصرا     وصار في كل الكون الجمال 

No trademark on the templates !

By Comte Almaviva 

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