Sunday, June 27, 2010

TO A FEMALE CUPBEARER

BY ABD ALSALAM BEN RAGBAN.

Translated into English Verse by J. D. Carlyle, BD


COME, Leila, fill the goblet up--
   Reach round the rosy wine;
 Think not that we will take the cup
   From any hand but thine.

A draught like this 'twere vain to seek,
   No grape can such supply
 It steals its tint from Leila's cheek,
   Its brightness from her eye.

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