Love
From Thine Own Beauty's Radiant Sun Doth Light
Translated by E. J. W. Gibb (1882) · From Ottoman Poems (1882)
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.
Codex Note
Gazel.
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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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