REQUEST
translated into English by: Laurence Hope (1865-1904)
 IVE me yourself one hour; I do not crave
- For any love, or even thought of me.
- Come, as a Sultan may caress a slave
- And then forget for ever, utterly.
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- Come! as west winds, that passing, cool and wet,
- O'er desert places, leave them fields in flower.
- And all my life, for I shall not forget,
- Will keep the fragrance of that perfect hour!
| "Request" is reprinted from India's Love Lyrics. Trans. Laurence Hope. New York: John Lane Co., 1906. |
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