Love
And Aq-'Alem They One of Yonder Maids Call
Translated by E. J. W. Gibb (1882) · From Ottoman Poems (1882)
Love
And Aq-'Alem they one of yonder maids call,
For her the moon of heaven acteth jackal.
Is't strange if through her loveliness she famed be?
A white Rose on the earth is yonder Hürî.
He who with that bright Moon as friend goes,
A universe enjoys more fair than earth shows.
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Codex Note
From his Shehr-engiz. Aq-'Alem (White Universe).
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'Azîzî. “And Aq-'Alem They One of Yonder Maids Call.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/azizi/3/.
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'Azîzî. “And Aq-'Alem They One of Yonder Maids Call.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/azizi/3/.
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