Love
My Heart Is Fond of a Youth
Translated by Alexander Chodzko (1842) · From Specimens of the Popular Poetry of Persia (1842)
My heart is fond of a youth whose eyebrows are arched. His waist is slender, his lips like a bud, a smiling rose. Youth, sacrifice thy soul to beauty! Behold in me its victim. Go round the world you will not find a more promising lad. His name is Ayvaz Bally. The meadow of the eighth paradise! His father is by trade a butcher. The son, a mine of precious stones.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
A song in praise of Ayvaz, the young companion whom Kurroglou values above all others.
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MLA
Köroğlu. “My Heart Is Fond of a Youth.” Translated by Alexander Chodzko. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/koroglu/7/.
Chicago
Köroğlu. “My Heart Is Fond of a Youth.” Translated by Alexander Chodzko. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/koroglu/7/.
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