Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Verses by Waladata

VERSES ADDRESSED BY WALADATA, DAUGHTER OF MOHAMMED ALMOSTAKFI BILLAH, KHALIF OF SPAIN, TO SOME YOUNG MEN, WHO HAD PRETENDED A PASSION FOR HERSELF AND HER COMPANIONS. WHEN you told us our glances, soft, timid, and mild, Could occasion such wounds in the heart, Can ye wonder that yours, so ungoverned and wild, Some wounds to our cheeks should impart? The wounds on our cheeks are but transient, I own, With a blush they appear and decay; But those on the heart, fickle youths, ye have shown To be even more transient than they. Next: Verses Addressed to His Daughters, During His Imprisonment, by Motammed Ben Abad, Sultan Of Seville