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The Poems of Alyarrah
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The Poems of Alyarrah - Page 5 (looted in The Shimmering Citadel)
The Poems of Alyarrah - Page 7 (looted in The Shimmering Citadel)
The Poems of Alyarrah - Page 8 (plundered from books at 205, 147, -75 in The Shimmering Citadel)
The Poems of Alyarrah - Page 12 (looted in The Shimmering Citadel)
The Poems of Alyarrah - Page 14 (plundered from books at -264, 146, -78 in The Shimmering Citadel)
The Poems of Alyarrah - Page 16 (plundered from a flowering plant at 61, 145, -134 in The Shimmering Citadel)
The Poems of Alyarrah - Page 17 (looted in The Shimmering Citadel)
The Poems of Alyarrah - Page 18 (looted in The Shimmering Citadel)

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Dervin poet Alyarrah Mahaat was a celebrated poet whose works captured the attention of the Caliphs of Maj'Dul.


Though she was the Court of Coins' official Court Poet for only a short while, several of her works are still in circulation.
"The Two Gardens"
For many of the nomadic Dervins, the imagery of a garden or asis is a powerful symbol of life and restoration.
Near the edges of the Known World

Are the two gardens of the gods

To the East is

 the Garden of Fulfilled Dreams

And in the West,

 the Garden of Your Desires
Between night and day, we visit

One or the other as we sleep

And happiness lays somewhere

      between them

Not all in one

Nor all in the other

Somewhere in the sweetly scented

      lands between
Come, sit beside me in my dream

We will stand at the crossroads of

The gardens of the gods

To decide whether we

      have been fulfilled

And so to travel East

Or whether we have but desire

And so to travel West
If you are with me,

      know that I go East

For all my dreams are fulfilled

      And yet

And yet, if you would not go East,

Then I would follow you West

Into the Garden of Your Desires
"The Bard's Tale"
The Djinn suppress music in all its forms whenever they can. To the Dervins, music is simply another form of expression. Many of Alyarrah's poems are set to music. In lands occupied by the djinn, the Dervins may simply tap out the beat of the song rather than sing it.
We celebrate our lives in song

And tales of days of old

With words that sound a clarion

Or whisper from the soul
Those who have gone on before

Their words we still can hear

Through each lark's trill and stream unstill

Distant refrains unfold
Our music is in poetry

And magic is our myth

Their old songs and our new entwine

The silver with the gold
Many seasons may have passed

And yet we can't forget

Their touch, their voice,

      their soft caress

Their stories yet untold
"Desert Nights"
This appears to be a fragment of what is surely a longer piece
Warm sands of the desert

Golden, silky sands

Pour through my fingertips

When cupped into my hands
See you the tiny tracks

Crossing the starlit dunes?

See you their mystic pattern

Like ancient, unknown runes?
You will learn much just by

Sensing what is around

Feel the sand beneath your feet

A silent battleground
The salty tang of the sea

Breathe in the scent of sweet dates

The cries of the wild fill the air

Listen! Be still, and wait.