Poems (Hinchman)/Daily went the lovely daughter

by Anne Hinchman

XXXVII THE ASRA Translated from Heine.

Daily went the lovely daughterOf the Sultan in the eveningUp and down unto the fountain,To the water white and rippling.

There, there stood a young slave daily,In the evening at the fountain,By the water white and rippling,Daily he grew pale and paler.

Till one evening stepp'd the PrincessUnto him with hurried question:"What thy name? I wish to know it:Whence thou comest? what thy family?"

And the young slave said: "My name isMohamed, I come from Yemen,I am of the house of Asra,And we, when we love, we perish."