I Found You (Zejel)
I sought to find the sunny skies
There, found beauty before my eyes
Your beauty is without disguise
Reflects a love so very true
No mask upon the sight of you
Left with only one thing to do
I succumb to the lover’s cries
Now, here we are in warm embrace
The sweet perfume, your porcelain face
Body draped in beautiful lace
Releases this mans deeper sighs
I cannot live without you near
Distance then, is my only fear
I love you, darling, most sincere
Until my unwanted demise
overall rhyming scheme for the poem is
aaa/bbba/ccca/ddda/... Colloquial language tends
to be used, and 8-syllable lines are usual (though not
obligatory).
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