EXQUISITE, Catherine !!

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: : That is absolutely WONDERFUL !!! The poem accurately reflects the way : I felt when I first met my fiance :-) .... at a time when I've lost : all hope on love *smile* .... : Thank you !! : ~Jewel~ - who will now be on a lookout for such beautiful poems :-) : : : Rudaki, writing mid 900's in Samarkand (Transoxiana Empire) wrote : some : : yummy henna poetry...... : : from "Spring" translated by Geoffery Squires: : : "The Winter world was sick : : bt now the scent of jasmine has revived it; : : rain falls, smelling of musk, : : stripping the earth of its white covering; : : the frozen treasure opens into flower : : and dry streams flow. : : In the distance, the desert tulip gleams : : like a gride' : : s finger dyed with henna; : : the nightengale is singing in the willow, : : the pigeon in the cypress' : : strange melodies, : : answering, : : familiar. : : Now is the time to drink and be alive : : for now lover and lover : : give happiness : : one to another." : : : Also translated by Geoffrey Squires : : "Prayer" : : "The face is turned to Mecca : : but what's the use? : : the heart goes out to Bokhara : : and to the stately ladies there. : : God will accept the whisperings of love : : and ingore the prayer..." : : : : Theres a magnificent avalance of love and henna poetry in Medieval : : Islam.... some of it really takes your breath away!

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