Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TWO THINGS, by AMIR MAHMUD IBN AMIR YAMINU'D-DIN TUGHRA'I


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TWO THINGS, by                    
First Line: Two things thou shalt not long for, if thou love a mind serene
Last Line: That he will not demand the debt until the judgment day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ibn-i-yamin; Ibn Jemin
Subject(s): Borrowers & Lenders; Marriage; Loans; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


Two things thou shalt not long for, if thou love a mind serene; --
A woman to thy wife, though she were a crowned queen;
And the second, borrowed money, -- though the smiling lender say,
That he will not demand the debt until the Judgment Day.





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