Let others boast of charms divine,
The agile step and graceful air;
More lovely is thy wrinkled face,
And threads of silver in thy hair.
I'd rather fold thee in my arms
Than press the sweetest maid that lives;
Thy winter brings more warmth of love
Than all her youthful summer gives.
Paulus Silentiarius [Paul the Silentiary] (520 - 580) Turkey
Transalted by Frederic Rowland Marvin
Source: Flowers of song from many lands; being short poems and detached verses gathered from various languages and rendered into English by Frederic Rowland Marvin, Pafraets Book Company, 1902
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