Saturday 31 December 2011

Quietly her fame spread, that courtesan who few had heard of a year ago. Shy men could do with her what they could do with no one else. And women too sought her breasts and came to know how wonderful touch could be. And she wrote poems and left her eyes there for they were what love the most. Hafiz. Translated beautifully by Daniel Ladinsky.

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