C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.
Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash)
Poems from Oriental Languages: To Rayab Ana Sherehemiz, the Female Traveler
(Turkish—Sixteenth Century)
Translation in Dublin University Magazine
Translation in Dublin University Magazine
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Nay, Rayab, this is worse than folly—
’Tis cruel, since o’er earth’s wide round
Thy slaves must follow, fast or slowly;
If thou decline to stand thy ground
The world must turn pedestrian wholly,
Nor will one soul at rest be found
In Roumilee or Anadoli.