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Song of my Seven Lovers
Translated by: Frank Laubach
Lanao
I
I crave your pardon, Royal Kin,
Whose praises cheer my heart so well,
If I should wound some friends by
The story which I mean to tell.
II
Deep loves which I alone have known
I venture to reveal to you.
They echo here within my heart.
As fond desire will ever do
III
When first I felt the darts of love,
The words of women worried me,
The whispered scandals which they told
I closed my ears and turned to flee.
IV
A thousand longings tore my soul
And left me in perplexity,
For how could I reveal my love
To those who did not care for me?
V And my high parents seemed to him
A thousand aching memories,
I think shall never be forgot,
Still whisper to me in the air
Of loves for those who loves me not
VI
Mere fancies all within my mind,
They changed their shapes like shifting sands.
Alas, the men for whom I pined
Had other loves in other lands.
VII
My first love was a hidden sun,
A dawn which never came to day,
But like a lovely know of hair,
It fluttered loose and fell away.
VIII
My second love was ecstasy,
A glorious glowing hidden fire
Which burned within my secret breast;
No other guessed my deep desire
IX
A golden song of perfect tone
Whose notes were lost within my heart;
Another knot of lovely hair
Which I trembled loose and fell apart.
X
My third love was a letter sweet,
A letter sealed but never sent,
Contrived of futile fantasies,
And all my hours to love ware lent.
XI
Ah! Had I dared I would have shared
A name for which I madly cared;
For never a thought was bent on aught
Save him who held my mind ensnared.
XII
My lover was my cousin too
And so no word was ever said,
We could not speak the thing we felt
For plainly we could never be wed.
XIII
And so he chose to marry wealth
And took a bride or noble rank,
While I beheld without a tear
To tell the bitter cup I drank.
XIV
My fourth love fills me yet with joy
As recollections flood my mind,
For he was rich enough to give
Great wedding gifts of every kind
XV
He did not dare to tell his love
Because, no doubt, he was too shy,
Like mountain peaks against the sky.
XVI
Besides his heart was also drawn
By some fair maiden we have heard,
Who shone like moonlight in his eyes,
And whom his relatives preferred.
XVII
The Prophet grant that no sad fate
May rob him of his maiden’s hand;
And though we are so poor we hope
To spread his fame throughout the land.
XVIII
My fifth love was a sweet perfume
Which set my eager mind a whirl;
A fragrant flower which faded fast;
His parents chose another girl.
XIX
My sixth love was a strong south wind
Which gently fanned this breast of mine
Till dark clouds gathered in the south
And soon the sun cease to shine.
XX
Did he not swear his love was sure
And constant as the ardent sun?
Ah, fickle sun and dreary end
That so brightly had begun.
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My seventh love is stronger still
A north wind blowing over the seas
And whipping for off unknown waves, I.
While sunbeams dance upon the breeze.
XXII
Will now at last my dreams come true,
And will he choose me for his mate?
Has holy Prophet written it
Across the pages of our fate?
XXIII
If people’s hopes could be fulfilled?
If he who loves would speak the word,
Such crowds would gather to rejoice,
Their shouts like thunder would be heard.
XXIV
Oh, how the sun might beam with smiles,
Oh, how our kin would be glad
Oh, how the world would ring with song,
If I should wed this royal lad!
XXV
Yet round the sun deep colors creep;
And though he loves with splendid fire II. Narrative Poetry
And vows his will is firm as rock,
I tremble lest he too may tire.
XXVI
Metrical Romance is a kind of
Sore doubts about our hostile kin poetry dealing with the emotions
Assail my mind with painful dread or phase of life & the story is told
There is an ancient song which in a simple, straightforward, and
A noble Prophet wisely said: realistic manner. Courtly love
XXVII was a typical theme of metrical
“What comes of feud between two clans romance. It is composed of long
Who will not speak save to condemn, rambling love story. An example
of this poetry is shown below:
Who hurt defiance till the last?
A God who sees will punish them.”
XXVIII
My dream is like a fog at sea
Which tries to reach the land in vain, Imagery poems draw the reader into
For earthquakes and the tidal waves poetic experiences by touching on the
Keep driving it to sea again.
images and senses which the reader
XXIX
So while he waits and hesitates already knows. The use of images in
His chance of winning fame slips by this type of poetry serves to intensify
Ah! Should he dare I firmly swear the impact of the work.
My love for him would never die,
XXX
For if the ship should venture forth,
Then I would weave a happy plot,
And conjure up some potent charm Tone is the manner in which a poet
That evil winds could harm it not. makes his statement; it reflects his
attitude toward his subject. Tone
expresses the poet's attitude toward his
audience. The tone in this poetry is l

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III- ELEMENTS OF POETRY
Alliteration- means the repetition for
effect of initial vowel or consonants.
III
Line 2: The words of women worried me
XVII
Line 2: May rob him of his maiden’s hand
XIX
Line 4: And soon the sun had ceased to
shine
XX
Line 2: And constant as the ardent sun?
Assonance-refers to a partial change in
which the stressed vowel sounds are alike
but the consonant sounds are unlike.
I Quatrain- A stanza or poem consisting of four
I crave your pardon, Royal Kin,
Whose praises cheer my heart so well,
If I should wound some friends by
The story which I mean to tell.
II
Deep loves which I alone have known
I venture to reveal to you.
They echo here within my heart.
As fond desire will ever do
IV
A thousand longings tore my soul
And left me in perplexity,
For how could I reveal my love
To those who did not care for me?
Simile-is a comparison between things that
have common quality. This figure of speech is
generally identified with the use of as or like
Metaphor- is an implied comparison between
things essentially different but having some
common quality.
XXVIII
Line 1: My dream is like a fog at sea
Simile
VII
Line 1: My first love was a hidden sun,
Metaphor
X
Line 1: My third love was a letter sweet,
Metaphor
XVIII
Line 1: My fifth love was a sweet perfume
Metaphor
XIX
Line 1: My sixth love was a strong south wind
Metaphor
Stanzaic form- division of a poem made by
arranging the lines into units separated by a
space, usually of a corresponding number of
lines and a recurrent pattern of meter and
rhyme. A poem with such divisions is
described as having a stanzaic form
lines. Lines 2 and 4 must rhyme while having a
similar number of syllables.
III
When\ first\I\felt\ the\ darts\of \love,
=8-syllables
The\ words\of\ wo\men\ wor\ried\ me,
=8-syllables
The\whis\pered \scan\dals \which \they
told =8-syllables
I \closed \my \ears\ and\ turned\ to\ flee.
=8-syllables
VI
Mere/ fan/cies /all/ with/in/ my /mind,
=8-syllables
They\ changed\ their\ shapes\ like\
shift\ing \sands. =8-syllables
A\las,\ the\ men\ for\ whom\ I\ pined
=8-syllables
Had\ oth\er\ loves \in\ o\ther\ lands.
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My \first\ love\ was\ a \hid\den\ sun,
=8-syllables
A\ dawn\ which\ nev\er\ came \to \day,
=8-syllables
But\ like \a\ love\ly\ know\ of\ hair,
=8-syllables
It\ flut\tered\ loose\ and\ fell\ a\way.
=8-syllables
X
My\ third\ love\ was\ a\ let\ter \sweet,
=8-syllables
A \let\ter \sealed\ but\ nev\er \sent,
=8-syllables
Con\trived\ of\ fu\tile fan\ta\sies,
=8-syllables
And\ all\ my\ hours\ to love\ ware\ lent.
=8-syllables

Iambic tetrameter is a meter in poetry. It refers

to a line consisting of four iambic feet. The word
"tetrameter" simply means that there are four
feet in the line; iambic tetrameter is a line
comprising four iambs.

.A foot containing an unstressed syllable

followed by a stressed syllable is called an iamb

III
When\ first\I\felt\ the\ darts\of \love,
=Iambic Tetrameter
The\ words\of\ wo\men\ wor\ried\ me,
=Iambic Tetrameter
The\whis\pered \scan\dals \which \they
told =Iambic Tetrameter
I \closed \my \ears\ and\ turned\ to\ flee.
=Iambic Tetrameter
V
A \thou\sand\ ach\ing me\mo\ries,
=Iambic Tetrameter
I \think\ shall\ nev\er be\ for\got,
=Iambic Tetrameter
Still \whis\per \to \me\ in\ the\ air
=Iambic Tetrameter
Of\ loves \for\ those \who\ loves \me\ not
=Iambic Tetrameter