Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG FROM SHIRAZ, by SAROJINI NAIDU Poet's Biography First Line: The singers of shiraz are feasting afar Last Line: Thy goblet of love, o mohamed ali! Subject(s): Death; Grief; Silence; Tears; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
THE singers of Shiraz are feasting afar To greet the Nauraz with sarang and cithar, ... But what is their music that calleth to me, From glimmering garden and glowing minar? The stars shall be scattered like jewels of glass, And Beauty be tossed like a shell in the sea, Ere the lutes of their magical laughter surpass The lutes of thy tears, O Mohamed Ali! From the Mosque-towers of Shiraz ere daylight begin My heart is disturbed by the loud muezzin, But what is the voice of his warning to me, That waketh the world to atonement of sin? The stars shall be broken like mirrors of brass, And Rapture be sunk like a stone in the sea, Ere the carpet of prayer or of penance surpass Thy carpet of dreams, O Mohamed Ali! In the silence of Shiraz my soul shall await, Untroubled, the wandering Angel of Fate.... What terror or joy shall his hands hold for me, Who bringeth the goblet of guerdon too late? The stars shall be mown and uprooted like grass, And glory be flung like a weed in the sea, Ere the goblet of doom or salvation surpass Thy goblet of love, O Mohamed Ali! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS A CHALLENGE TO FATE by SAROJINI NAIDU |
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