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UNBIDDEN

As shakes the breast of giant Kaf
When Allah's thunders near resound,
So nations quail before my wrath,
And shudder at its sound.


The broad Euphrates bears my name
To Oman's waves triumphantly;
The lordly Indus sings my fame
To the wondering Indian sea.


For me Khorasan tempers steel,
The Turkoman rears matchless steeds;
Azerbijan grows me her wine,




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