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A SONG FROM SHIRAZ by SAROJINI NAIDU

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?

@3The 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!@1

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?

@3The 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!@1

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?

@3The 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!@1



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