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: Opinions no Pinions
(Turkish—Sixteenth Century)
Translation in Dublin University Magazine
Translation in Dublin University Magazine
O
They—may—lay snares for thy shameful fall:
Ill—will—skill repay thy anxious labors
When—men—pen or form dislike of all.
Keep—deep—sleep when Self and Pride are preaching!
More—soar—o’er the planets than are wise;
Far—are—star and sun beyond thy reaching;
Why—fly—high since clouds must wrap the skies?