Analysis of This Will Not Win Him
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207 (Balkh) – 1273 (Konya )
Reason says,
I will win him with my eloquence.
Love says,
I will win him with my silence.
Soul says,
How can I ever win him
When all I have is already his?
He does not want, he does not worry,
He does not seek a sublime state of euphoria -
How then can I win him
With sweet wine or gold?
He is not bound by the senses -
How then can I win him
With all the riches of China?
He is an angel,
Though he appears in the form of a man.
Even angels cannot fly in his presence -
How then can I win him
By assuming a heavenly form?
He flies on the wings of God,
His food is pure light -
How then can I win him
With a loaf of baked bread?
He is neither a merchant, nor a tradesman -
How then can I win him
With a plan of great profit?
He is not blind, nor easily fooled -
How then can I win him
By lying in bed as if gravely ill?
I will go mad, pull out my hair,
Grind my face in the dirt -
How will this win him?
He sees everything -
how can I ever fool him?
He is not a seeker of fame,
A prince addicted to the praise of poets -
How then can I win him
With flowing rhymes and poetic verses?
The glory of his unseen form
Fills the whole universe
How then can I win him
With a mere promise of paradise?
I may cover the earth with roses,
I may fill the ocean with tears,
I may shake the heavens with praises -
none of this will win him.
There is only one way to win him,
this Beloved of mine -
| Scheme | ab ab acd xeCx dCe xfbCg xxCx fCx xCx xxc xc xxCh gxCx dxhc cx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 111111100 11 11111110 11 1111011 111110101 111111110 1111001110100 111111 11111 11111010 111111 11010110 11110 1101001101 10101010110 111111 101001001 1110111 11111 111111 101111 1110010101 111111 1011110 111111001 111111 1100111101 11111111 111001 11111 1110 1111011 11101011 01010101110 111111 1101001010 01011011 10110 111111 10110110 111001110 11101011 111010110 111111 111011111 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,354 |
| Words | 307 |
| Sentences | 17 |
| Stanzas | 15 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 48 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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