Red, Red Rose

 A Red, Red Rose

BY ROBERT BURNS

O my Luve is like a red, red rose 

   That’s newly sprung in June; 

O my Luve is like the melody 

   That’s sweetly played in tune. 

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass, 

   So deep in luve am I; 

And I will luve thee still, my dear, 

   Till a’ the seas gang dry. 

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, 

   And the rocks melt wi’ the sun; 

I will love thee still, my dear, 

   While the sands o’ life shall run. 

And fare thee weel, my only luve! 

   And fare thee weel awhile! 

And I will come again, my luve, 

   Though it were ten thousand mile.

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“A Red, Red Rose” is a poem composed by Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns. It was first published in 1794. Burns’s poem was inspired by a simple Scottish song. The poem has the form of a ballad and is meant to be sung aloud. It describes the speaker’s deep love for his beloved  and promises that this love will last longer than human life, and it will remain fresh and constant forever.

The speaker describes his beloved in the following way:

• She is as beautiful, vivid, and fresh as a flower that has just bloomed. 

• She is as sweet as a beautiful song played by a skilled musician.

• She is a bonny lass.

Then, the speaker expresses how intensely he loves her. For that, he uses the following expressions:

• He is deeply in love with her.

• He will love her till the seas become dry.

• He will love her till the rocks melt by sun.

Finally, the speaker concludes by saying goodbye to the beloved. The speaker wishes her well during their temporary separation. The speaker reaffirms his or her faithful love by promising to return even if the journey covers a very long distance and takes a very long time.

The rose is a traditional symbol of romantic love, especially when its color is red. Here, the rose symbolizes the love between the speaker and the beloved. As a flower, however, roses also symbolize transience and impermanence. 

In this poem, the speaker uses the rose's beauty as an image of the beloved and uses the rose's rapid decay as a contrast to his or her eternal feelings for the beloved. Although the beloved is as beautiful as a rose, the speaker will love the beloved even as she ages, and their love will ultimately last far longer than the short lifespan of a rose.

The poem has the form of a ballad. It has four stanzas of four lines each with a rhyme scheme in each stanza of ABCB.

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"My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" ही सुप्रसिद्ध स्कॉटिश कवी रॉबर्ट बर्न्स यांची कविता आहे. ही कविता प्रेम, त्यातील गोडवा आणि अढळता यांचे सुंदर वर्णन करते.कवी आपल्या प्रिय व्यक्तीच्या सौंदर्याची तुलना टवटवीत लाल गुलाबाच्या फुलाशी करतो. तिचे सौंदर्य नवीन उमललेल्या गुलाबासारखे आहे आणि तिच्यावरील प्रेम संगीताच्या गोड सूरांसारखे आहे.

कवी म्हणतो की तो आपल्या प्रेयसीवर खूप खोल प्रेम करतो आणि ते प्रेम कधीच संपणार नाही. जरी वेळ आणि अंतर त्यांना दूर नेले, तरी त्याचे प्रेम सतत तिच्यासोबत राहील. तो तिला वचन देतो की तो तिला पुन्हा भेटेल, अगदी समुद्र कोरडे पडले तरी, दगड वितळले तरी किंवा पृथ्वी नष्ट झाली तरीही त्याचे प्रेम कायम राहील.

ही कविता शाश्वत प्रेमाची आणि त्याच्या गोडव्याची सुंदर अभिव्यक्ती आहे. कवी आपल्या प्रिय व्यक्तीसोबत नेहमी राहण्याची इच्छा व्यक्त करतो आणि प्रेम कधीही कमी होणार नाही, हे तो ठामपणे सांगतो.

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