A Limb just moved
You taught Your songs to the birds first,
why was that?
And You practised Your love in the hearts of animals
before You created man,
I know the planets talk at night
and tell secrets
about
You.
A limb just moved before me,
the beauty of this world
is causing me to
weep
[Translated by Daniel Ladinsky]
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XX XX XXXA XXAX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 300 |
Words | 59 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 4, 4, 1 |
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