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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BUSTAN: THE DANCER, by MOSHARREF OD-DIN IBN MOSLEH OD-DIN SADI Poet's Biography First Line: I heard how, to the beat of some quick tune Last Line: "speaks infidelity, true lovers know!" Alternate Author Name(s): Saadi Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers | |||
I HEARD how, to the beat of some quick tune, There rose and danced a Damsel like the moon, Flower-mouthed and Pâri-faced; and all around her Neck-stretching Lovers gathered close; but, soon A flickering lamp-flame caught her skirt, and set Fire to the flying gauze. Fear did beget Trouble in that light heart! She cried amain. Quoth one among her worshipers, "Why fret, Tulip of Love? Th' extinguished fire hath burned Only one leaf of thee; but I am turned To ashes—leaf and stalk, and flower and root— By lamp-flash of thine eyes!"—"Ah, Soul concerned "Solely with self!"—she answered, laughing low, "If thou wert Lover thou hadst not said so. Who speaks of the Belov'd's woe as not his Speaks infidelity, true Lovers know!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAMED DANCER DIES OF PHOSPHORUS POISONING by RICHARD HOWARD ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN A DANCER'S LIFE by DONALD JUSTICE DANCING WITH THE DOG by SUSAN KENNEDY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS THE CHILDREN DANCING by LAURENCE BINYON A MEDITATION, FROM GARDEN OF PERFUME by MOSHARREF OD-DIN IBN MOSLEH OD-DIN SADI BRINGING UP A SON, FROM THE GARDEN OF PERFUME by MOSHARREF OD-DIN IBN MOSLEH OD-DIN SADI HUMANITY, FR. THE GARDEN OF PERFUME by MOSHARREF OD-DIN IBN MOSLEH OD-DIN SADI |
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