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Lamii (Mohammed Ben Osman Ben Ali Nakkash)

(Turkish—Sixteenth Century)

Translation in Dublin University Magazine

THY waist many swear

Is the Region of Naught,

And they call thy loose hair

The Black Desert of Ghaut;

But persons of taste

Are content to declare

That thy hair is a waste,

While thy waist is a hair.