{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/saab/saab13.htm","path":"isl/saab/saab13.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/saab/saab13.htm","text":"Salaman and Absal, by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904]\nThus day by day did Abs\u00e1l tempt Sal\u00e1m\u00e1n,\n And by and bye her Wiles began to work.\n Her Eyes Narcissus stole his Sleep\u2014their Lashes\n Pierc\u2019d to his Heart\u2014out from her Locks a Snake\n Bit him\u2014and bitter, bitter on his Tongue\n Became the Memory of her honey Lip.\n He saw the Ringlet restless on her Cheek,\n And he too quiver\u2019d with Desire; his Tears\n Turn\u2019d Crimson from her Cheek, whose musky spot\n Infected all his soul with Melancholy.\n Love drew him from behind the Veil, where yet\n Withheld him better Resolution-\n \"Oh, should the Food I long for, tasted, turn\n \"Unwholesome, and if all my Life to come\n \"Should sicken from one momentary Sweet!\"","title":"Salaman and Absal: Sal\u00e1m\u00e1n and Abs\u00e1l: XI","type":"page"}