Love
La'l-Pâra as Her Name Doth One of These
Translated by E. J. W. Gibb (1882) · From Ottoman Poems (1882)
Love
La'l-Pâra as her name doth one of these own,
A girl whose heart is hard as is the flint-stone.
Her mouth in very truth 's a ruby bright red,
Her teeth are pearls, so too the words by her said.
Strange were it, if my heart be by her love slaved?
For sooth her rubies bear the "coral-prayer" graved.
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Codex Note
From his Shehr-engiz. La'l-Para (Ruby-Chip).
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'Azîzî. “La'l-Pâra as Her Name Doth One of These.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/azizi/2/.
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'Azîzî. “La'l-Pâra as Her Name Doth One of These.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/azizi/2/.
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