subject is yearning and romantic agony. In Night35, the three women of
Baghdad pass the night with singing in the vein of the Kmn Kmn, crying, and
fainting out of longing. The story says:
The shopper rose, entered a chamber, and. soon brought back a bag
of yellow satin with two green silk tassels ornamented with red gold
and two beads of pure ambergris. She sat in front of the doorkeeper,
drew a lute out of the bag, and with its side resting on her knee, held
it in her lap. Then she tuned the lute and, plucking the string with
her fingertips, began to play and sing the following verses of the Kan
wa Kanvariety:
My love, you are my aim,
And you are my desire.
Your company is constant joy,
Your absence, hellish fire.
You are the madness of my life,
My one infatuation,
A love in which there is no shame,
A blameless adoration.
The shirt of agony I wore
Revealed my secret passion,
Betrayed my agitated heart
And left me in confusion.The Kmn Kmnshould go on to explain a condition, for it is only through
physical traces that love and passion can demonstrate intensity.
My tears to all declared my love,
As o’er my cheeks they flowed,
My treacherous tears betrayed me
And all my secrets showed.
O, cure me from my dire disease
You are the sickness and the cure,
But he whose remedy you are
Will suffer evermore.While the lover is entreated to show compassion and care, the show will
increase the speaker’s passion and suffering. The increase in love and beauty
means more agony.
Your brilliant eyes have wasted me,
Your jet-black hair has me in thrall,
Your rosy cheeks have vanquished me
And told my tale to all.POETIC DIALOGIZATION