Letters and Literary Remains of Edward Fitzgerald Edited by William Aldis Wright: In seven volumes |
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One who travell'd in the Desert
Saw Majnún where he was sitting
All alone like a Magician
Tracing Letters in the Sand.
‘Oh distracted Lover! writing
‘What the Sword-wind of the Desert
‘Undeciphers so that no one
‘After you shall understand.’
Majnún answer'd—‘I am writing
‘Only for myself, and only
‘“Laila,”—if for ever “Laila”
‘Writing, in that Word a Volume,
‘Over which for ever poring,
‘From her very Name I sip
‘In Fancy, till I drink, her Lip.’
Saw Majnún where he was sitting
All alone like a Magician
Tracing Letters in the Sand.
‘Oh distracted Lover! writing
‘What the Sword-wind of the Desert
‘Undeciphers so that no one
‘After you shall understand.’
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‘Only for myself, and only
‘“Laila,”—if for ever “Laila”
‘Writing, in that Word a Volume,
‘Over which for ever poring,
‘From her very Name I sip
‘In Fancy, till I drink, her Lip.’
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