Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To Youth, by Ebn Alrabia, in His Old Age
Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881]
With heaving heart and streaming eyes,
I wooed thee to prolong thy stay,
But vain were all my tears and sighs—
Thou only fled’st more fast away.
Yet though thou fled’st away so fast,
I can recall thee if I will;
For I can talk of what is past,
And while I talk, enjoy thee still.