Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Your Padmawat

Your Padmawat Dealing with the rani of Chittor In a tell-tale story form The matter of debate Years after When you are no more Your Padmavat, Padmawat Dealing with Rani Padmavati, Alauddin Khilji and Ratan Singha. A Rajput queen, A Muslim invader And a yearning so different. How to tell, Tell it, Jayasi? Rani Padmavati a Rajput princess Of the kattar Rajputs While on the other Alauddin a Muhammadan invader After Padmavati? How can it be, how can it be, Jayasi, Return you with the parrot Telling a story? Let Alauddin too return As the case is nothing different From that of Dr.Faustus and Othello.