The Crown Of A King Poem by Vaibhav Simha
The Crown Of A King
A medallion of glorious ages and past,
Like a Jolly Roger imprinted on the proud pirate ship's mast,
You repose, imposing the grandeur of the kingdom's visage:
Sole bearer of pride shall you be after the victorious war, amongst the wreckage.
It is the symbol of heaven's deific accordance
Of kingship antique; it symbolises the pact with Providence.
When the horns augur a battle, you become the pinnacle
For every enemy to conquer, all hellish and cynical.
The mightier you stand and glint, the higher is the land's affluence;
Your speck of gold is worth auriferous tons to the kin.
The lucid and resplendent diamonds embedded in you influence
The men - to turn their hearts into crystals: clear and sans any sin.
Your lustre heralds the existence of heavenly authority,
For it is not the lustre of gold but of glory - there is much disparity.
Your presence is not only the king's head but also on the lot:
All pride is vested in the thee, thou the witness of all triumphant battles fought!
And when on wrong one's head, a crown you are no more,
For only the righteous shall make the king of the divine lore.
And once you presage a tyrant's ascendance,
You turn void of all your splendour, and become a monument of the kingdom's descendance.
1. 'Divine Lore' refers to the stories of great kings we've all been narrated to.
2. Capitalised 'P' in 'Providence' is intentional and in accordance with the meaning two of sense one of the word on Google's dictionary.
3. 'not the lustre of gold but of glory' indicates the lustre or the resplendence of not the golden crown but of the glory or fame of the king wearing it.
4. 'lucid' is not in reference to the clarity in understanding but of clarity in material (sense two of the word in Google's dictionary) .
5. 'Jolly Roger' is the flag of pirates, generally with a grinning skull and two criss-crossed bones. The crown is compared to this, because it is regarded as a great shame or defeat for a pirate when his Jolly Roger is destroyed or humiliated.
1 - augur..." 1.(of an event or circumstance) portend a good or bad outcome" at first i thought " horns" referred to e.g. a bull's horns. i suppose musical instruments is the answer. The 'Notes' are helpful [thanks], but you could copy and paste from Google dictionary to be more helpful. ;) glint: " 1. give out or reflect small flashes of light." ...?
wherefore art? /is the " medallion" ? [from Merriam-Webster online dictionary] " 1: a large medal.2: something resembling a large medal especially: a tablet or panel in a wall or window bearing a figure in relief, a portrait, or an ornament." more another day. bri :)
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Your lustre heralds the existence of heavenly authority, For it is not the lustre of gold but of glory - there is much disparity. great write great 10++++++++++++++++++++++++
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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2- I question your use of " speck" , and (especially) " auriferous" [the latter i never heard of, i think]. i like " sans any sin" ; sounds like me, Bri. in stanza 4: " on the lot" ? ? ? and " the thee" ? (typo?) In general, I'm pretty sure I don't understand the poem, but it was easy enough to read and grammar was pretty good. I guess we can't all think/write the same way. bri :)