Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DAWN, by IBN MUQANA


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First Line: Dawn is rising bright and clear
Last Line: Prince of every faithful soul!
Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise


Dawn is rising bright and clear,
Yonder see its shine appear:
Pour me wine, and quickly, ere
Sounds the solemn call to prayer.

As the wine is mixing now
Pearly bubbles wreathe its brow,
Sprinkled jewels, glittering
As they float, a liquid ring.

Let me drink with lads of breed,
Noble all of birth and deed,
Interchanging as they sit
Merry tales of spicy wit.

Other wine they quaff as well
From the cheeks of a gazelle
Blushing sweetly, and therein
Blooming rose and jessamin.

Miracles his beauties seem
All unclouded as they gleam,
Locks of jet, sublime to see
On that brow of ivory.

Lissom bough (oh what amaze!)
On a rounded hillock sways,
Night of loveliness divine
Overshadows morning's shine.

The soft pinion of the air,
As we pass the winecup there
Hand to hand, bedews the lawn
With the rose-water of dawn.

See, the white narcissus sips
The sweet fragrance as it drips
Flowing gently from the skies,
Teardrops spilled by lovers' eyes.

Now the Pleiades submerge
On the far horizon's verge,
Shaking out their silver shower
Like a jasmin-twig in flower.

Night's deep shadows are withdrawn
From the pallid cheek of dawn
As some crow, that skyward springs,
Shows the eggs beneath her wings.

As the sun mounts up the sky
Dazzling the beholder's eye,
There ascends thy aureole,
Prince of every faithful soul!





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