Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To a Female Cupbearer, by Abd Alsalam Ben Ragban

TO A FEMALE CUPBEARER. BY ABD ALSALAM BEN RAGBAN. 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.