Vengeance (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Ballad of the Caucasus.Aischa was mine,My tender cousin,My blond lover;And you knew our love,Uncle without bowels,Foul old man.For a few ...
Edward Powys Mathers Poems (119 Poems)
The Princess Of Qulzum (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
(BALLADE BY NUR UDDIN)I have seen a small proud face brimming with sunlight;I have seen the daughter of the King ...
Ghazal Of Isa Akhun Zada (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Beauty with the flame shawl, do not repulse me;Breathing idol of rose ivory, look at me;Beauty with the flame shawl, ...
Paradise (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Love Ballad of Kurdistan.Paradise, my darling, know that paradise,The Prophet-given paradise after death,Is far and very mysterious and most high;My ...
Moallaka – II (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Translated From the Arabic of Amr Ebn Kultum (seventh century).Rise and hold up the curved glass,And pour us wine of ...
Moallaka – I (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Translated From the Arabic of Antar (late sixth and early seventh centuries).The poets have muddied all the little fountains.Yet do ...
Ballade Of Muhammad Din Tilai (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
A twist of fresh flowers on your dark hair,And your hair is a panther's shadow.On your white cheeks the down ...
Ballade Of Muhammad Khan (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
She has put on her green robe, she has put on her double veil, my idol;My idol has ...
The Flight (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Love Ballad of the Caucasus.Softly into the saddleOf my black horse with white feet;Your brothers are frowningAnd grasping swords in ...
To His Love Instead Of A Promised Picture-Book (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
From the Modern Persian._The greater and the lesser ills:_ He waved his grey hand wearily Back to the anger of ...
Ballade Of Ajam The Washerman (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Come to me to-day wearing your green collar,Make your two orange sleeves float in the air, and come to me.Touch ...
Comparisons (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Popular Song of Baluchistan.Touch my hands with your fingers, yellow wallflower.Did God use a bluer paintPainting the sky for the ...
A Poet Thinks (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Translated From the Chinese of Liu Chi (1311-1375).The rain is due to fall,The wind blows softly.The branches of the cinnamon ...
Old Greek Lovers (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Translated From the Arabic of John Duncan.They put wild olive and acanthus upWith tufts of yellow wool above the doorWhen ...
Come, My Beloved (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Translated From the Pus'hto of Muhammad Din Tilai (Afghans, nineteenth century).Come, my beloved! And I say again: Come, my beloved!The ...
Proposal Of Marriage (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Popular Song of Kafiristan.Your eyes are black like water-melon pips,Your lips are red like the red flesh of water-melons,Your loins ...
Misadventure (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Song of the Love Nights of Laos.Ever at the far side of the currentThe fishes hurl and swim,For pelicans and ...
Ballade Of Nurshali (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Come in haste this dusk, dear child. I will be on the water pathWhen your girl friends go laughing by ...
You Do Not Want Me? (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Translated From a Kazack poem of the Chief Gahuan-Beyg (1850-1885).You do not want me, Zohrah.Is it because I am maimed?Yet ...
Ghazal Of Muhammad Din Tilai (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
The world is fainting,And you will weep at last.The world is faintingAnd falling into a swoon.The world is turning and ...
The Gao Flower (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
I am the Gao flower high in a tree,You are the grass Long Mai on the path-side.When heat comes down ...
Waiting To Marry A Student (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
I still walk slowly on the river bankWhere I came singing,And where I saw your boat pass up beyond the ...
Ghazal Of Sayyid Kamal (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
I am burning, I am crumbled into powder,I stand to the lips in a tossing sea of tears.Like a stone ...
Written On A Wall In Spring (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Translated From the Chinese (early nineteenth century).It rained last night,But fair weather has come backThis morning.The green clusters of the ...
The Love Of The Archer Prince (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
The Khan.Street Song of Thibet.The son of the Khan.The love of the son of the Khan.The veil of the love ...
Her Nails (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Translated From the Arabic of Yazid Ebn Moauia (seventh century).She is as wise as Hippocrates,As beautiful as Joseph,As sweet-voiced as ...
The Willow-Leaf (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Translated From the Chinese of Chang Chiu Ling (675-740).I am in love with a child dreaming at the window.Not for ...
Ghazal Of Mira – I (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
The lover to his lass: I have fallen before your door.I came to ask for alms and have lost my ...
The Bath (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Trabslated From the Modern Turkish.My dreams are bubbles of cool light,Sunbeams mingled in the light greenWaters of your bath.Through fretted ...
Melodian (Edward Powys Mathers Poems)
Translated From the Arabic of John Duncan.I have been at this shooting-gallery too long.It is monotonous how the little coloured ...