
Turkish
1725 – 1780
In the garden, the roses were all bewildered as they watched your cheek
Jealous of your lovelocks the hyacinths were all distraught
We deserved one attractive glance, but alas, what to do
Our bosom is constantly the target of eyelash-arrows
Oh you with rosebud lip, I imagined your crimson cheek
And it became the envy of every rose in the dwelling of my memory
You give savor to the party, oh lovely mine of salt,
For the cup of wine is but a salt-bowl reflecting your ruby lip
Oh Fitnat, when that sweet mouth begins to speak alluringly,
Blessed by abundant speech the world all becomes a field of sugarcane