Love

From Thine Own Beauty's Radiant Sun Doth Light

by Bâqî 1526–1600

Translated by E. J. W. Gibb (1882) · From Ottoman Poems (1882)

Love

From thine own beauty's radiant sun doth light flow;
How lustrously doth now the crystal glass show!

Thy friend 's the beaker, and the cup 's thy comrade;
Like to the dregs why dost thou me aside throw?

Hearts longing for thy beauty can resist not;
Hold, none can bear the dazzling vision's bright glow!

United now the lover, and now parted;
This world is sometimes pleasure and sometimes woe.

Bound in the spell of thy locks' chain is Bâqî,
Mad he, my Liege, and to the mad they grace show.

✦ ✦ ✦

Gazel.

MLA

Bâqî. “From Thine Own Beauty's Radiant Sun Doth Light.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/baqi/9/.

Chicago

Bâqî. “From Thine Own Beauty's Radiant Sun Doth Light.” Translated by E. J. W. Gibb. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/baqi/9/.

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