Thursday, November 14, 2013

Off her adornments

My song has put off her adornments.
She has no pride of dress and decoration.
Ornaments would mar our union;
They would come between thee and me;
Their jingling would drown thy whispers.

My poet's vanity dies in shame
Before thy sight.
O master poet,
I have sat down thy feet.
Only let me make my life simple and straight,
Like a flute of reed to fill with music.

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