ENVOY IN AUTUMN


TRANSLATOR'S NOTES




THE GARDEN OF BRIGHT WATERS




_AFGHANISTAN_



THE PRINCESS OF QULZUM
(BALLADE BY NUR UDDIN)

I have seen a small proud face brimming with sunlight;
I have seen the daughter of the King of Qulzum passing from grace to
grace.
Yesterday she threw her bed on the floor of her double house
And laughed with a thousand graces.
She has a little pearl and coral cap
And rides in a palanquin with servants about her
And claps her hands, being too proud to call.