Flowers from Persian Poets, Volumen2Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1901 |
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Términos y frases comunes
art thou beauty bird bitter blest bosom breast breath bright brow bulbul charms cheek Couplet courser cried cypress darling dervish Distichs door drew dust earth Egypt eyes face fair feet flame fled garden gold grace Grand Vizir grief Hafiz hair hand Hast thou head heard heaven Herat honor Houris jewels king kiss light look Lord love's loveliness lover MAXIM moon narcissus flowers naught ne'er never night o'er pain palace passed pearl Persian Persian poetry prayer prison replied rest robe rose round ruby Sa'di Samarkand Samiri secret Sha'aban shame Shiraz sigh sight slave soft sorrow soul spikenard splendor spoke Stanza STORY Sufi sweet tale tears thee thine thou art thou hast thou wilt thought throne thy lips toil treasure tree tulip turned wilt thou wine words youth Yusuf Yusuf and Zulaikha Zulaikha
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Página 318 - Sigh'd for the blooming Hebrew boy ; For her how fatal was the hour, When to the banks of Nilus came, A youth so lovely and so coy. But ah ! sweet maid, my counsel hear : (Youth should attend when those advise Whom long experience renders sage) While music charms the ravish'd ear, While sparkling cups delight our eyes, Be gay, and scorn the frowns of age.
Página 316 - Boy, let yon liquid ruby flow, And bid thy pensive heart be glad, Whate'er the frowning zealots say : Tell them, their Eden cannot show A stream so clear as Rocnabad, A bower so sweet as Mosellay.
Página 538 - When thy Lord said unto the angels, I am going to place a substitute on earth, they said, Wilt thou place there one who will do evil therein, and shed blood? but we celebrate thy praise, and sanctify thee.
Página 244 - In a good man's house an evil wife Is his hell above in this present life. From a vixen wife protect us well; Save us, O God.' from the pains of hell. At length she gave vent to reproaches, and said, "Art thou not he whom my father purchased from the Franks...
Página 316 - Sweet maid, if thou would'st charm my sight, And bid these arms thy neck infold; That rosy cheek, that lily hand, Would give thy poet more delight Than all Bocara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand.
Página 538 - Adam, tell them their names. And when he had told them their names, GOD said, Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of heaven and earth, and know that which ye discover, and that which ye conceal ? And when we said unto the angels, Worship Adam ; they all worshipped him, except Eblis, who refused, and was puffed up with pride, and became of the number of unbelievers.
Página 360 - A red rose soft and sweet as thy soft cheek, Through every meadow blows the western wind, Through every garden he is fain to seek. Reveal thy face! that the whole world may be Bewildered by thy radiant loveliness; The cry of man and woman comes to thee, Open thy lips and comfort their distress! Each curling lock of thy luxuriant hair Breaks into barbed hooks to catch my heart, My broken heart is wounded everywhere With countless wounds from which the red drops start. Yet when sad lovers meet and...
Página 318 - While music charms the ravish'd ear, While sparkling cups delight our eyes, Be gay ; and scorn the frowns of age. What cruel answer have I heard ! And yet, by heaven, I love thee still : Can aught be cruel from thy lip ? Yet say, how fell that bitter word From lips which streams of sweetness fill, Which...
Página 342 - I am no lover of hypocrisy ; Of all the treasures that the earth can boast, A brimming cup of wine I prize the most — This is enough for me ! To them that here renowned for virtue live, A heavenly palace is the meet reward ; To me, the drunkard and the beggar, give The temple of the...
Página 317 - O! when these fair perfidious maids, Whose eyes our secret haunts infest, Their dear destructive charms display ; Each glance my tender breast invades, And robs my wounded soul of rest, As Tartars seize their destin'd prey.