This is the way the saga unfolds

A short distance from Delhi untold

Agra the city, that one wouldn’t go

But for the grandeur of the Taj you know.

The execution of the Taj Mahal is not the work of one

It had the very best of 37 men that included architects, sculptors, mosaicists,

calligraphers and masons that compared to none,

Twenty Thousand work force and twenty two years to build

A monument, magnificent to love that was ever built.

Intricately designed and symmetry adhered

Incorporated with Iranian features the octagonal shape

Influenced by Indian architecture the bulbous dome

Borrowed Asian style the cylindrical minarets

Strong Muslim decorative arts influenced the calligraphy, geometry

and flower part.

White makrana marble upon a rectangular base

Stands the elegant mausoleum of the Mumtaz today

Flanked by four tall minarets, that reaches up to the sky,  

Central dome built higher than the rest, surrounded by four smaller domes

That forms the rest

Series of double arches, one over the other give it the colossal look.

Ornate marvel, breathless in appearance

Every visitor since 350 years has admired & envied

The golden age of the Mughal Dynasty

For the flat marble surfaces take the color of the sky

Yet, when viewed closely reveals true ornamental delight.

Marble carving, calligraphy, incised painting and pietra dura

The architects designed, the workforce laboured for the grand design

Motifs, White plaster, jade, turquoise, lapis, lazuli, sapphire and carnelian.
were inlaid,

Calligraphy of the Koran is composed

To make the Taj the most expensive built till date.

For three hundred fifty years, the Taj Mahal has been the symbol of true love,

A monumental valentine from an emperor to his dead wife

Three hundred fifty years, thence we’ll meet,

We will go to the Taj Mahal as willed,

The least I have done in words I write,

If Mumtaz was to Shahjahan a valentine

Are you the one to be my valentine?