Thursday, April 7, 2011

Pathya Vat - Stay

This is a southeast Asian form with a short syllable count. There are four lines of four syllables and lines two and form rhyme.

x.x.x.x.
x.x.x.a.
x.x.x.a
x.x.x.x.

“Stay”

Please, do not stray
My heart you hold
Twas you I told
My love, so dear

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