Young man,
If you try to eat honey
On the blade of a knife,
You will cut yourself.

If you try to taste honey
On the kiss of a woman,
Taste with the lips only,
If not, young man,
You will bite your own heart.

Song of the Tatars.

(C) Edward Powys Mathers (as Translator)
03/10/2020


Best Poems of Edward Powys Mathers (As Translator)

• In A Yellow Frame
• The Jade Staircase
• Green Food For A Queen
• A Request
• Honey
• Moallaka
• The Sighing Heart
• Proposal Of Marriage
• Written On A Wall In Spring
• Old Scent Of The Plum-tree
• Mortification
• A Virtuous Wife
• The Holy Swan
• The Little Woman Of Clear River
• Distich
• The Dancing Heart
• Ghazal Of Isa Akhun Zada
• Ballade Of Muhammad Khan
• Paradise
• Separation
• Hearts Of Women