" Thy bidding in all", she answered, "Shift to fulfil they make. "
" Thy lips for a kiss the tribute of Egypt seek", said I.
Quoth she, "At that rate who purchase, No bargain ill they make."
"To the point of thy mouth who findeth the way? " quoth I; and she,
" That known to the subtlety-kenners, not those lack-skill, they make. "
Quoth I, "Be no server of idols; abide thou with God", and she,
"Their wont this and that in Love 's quarter, the good and the ill, they make. "
Quoth I, " Lo, the air of the winehouse doth grief from the heart away;"
And she, "Happy folk, if one bosom with gladness to thrill they make! "
Quoth I, " Wine and patchcoat the canon allows not "; and she, "In the sect
of the Magians, of one and the other their habitude still they make. "
Quoth I, "From the sweet-lipped ones ruby what profit the old? " And she,
" The old young again with the sugar their kisses distil they make."
Quoth I, "To the nuptial chamber when cometh the lord? " And she,
" Twill not be, the Moon in conjunction with Jupiter till they make. "
Hafiz or Hafez [Xāwje Shams-od-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī] (1350 - 1390) Persia (modern Iran)
Translated by John Payne, 1901Source: Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse, ed. by Thomas Robert Smith. Boni and Liveright, 1921–22
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