Lailî and Majnûn
by
Nizámi
CONTENTS
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Title Page
Preface	i
I. Sâki, thou know'st I worship wine;	1
II. Mark, where instruction pours upon the mind	3
III. The lover from his mistress parted,	6
IV. As morning broke, the sun, with golden light,	9
V. Sweet Lailî's kinsmen now describe	16
VI. Lailî in beauty, softness, grace,	21
VII. The gloomy veil of night withdrawn,	23
VIII. That day on which she pensive stray'd	25
IX. Majnûn, midst wild and solitude,	26
X. The minstrel strikes his soft guitar,	33
XI. Behold, what clouds of dust emerge	35
XII. The Arab poets who rehearse	38
XIII. Meantime, the father mourn'd his wretched state,	42
XIV. Who wanders near that palmy glade,	46
XV. Sweet slumber had diffused the charm of rest	49
XVI. O'er Majnûn's spirit, long in darkness cast,	55
XVII. Lailî meanwhile had read and seen	57
XVIII. Through many a town and bower had spread	62
XIX. How beautifully blue	65