Fatima Khurasani

Fatima Khurasani, a poetess mentioned in the biographical works, ‘Arafat and Ruz-i Rawshan, as an erudite poetess composing elegant poetry. The following couplets are by her:

The garden is adorned, the nightingales passionate,

Friends are joyously worshipping wine.

The means of joyfulness is at hand,

Hasten that everything is here but you.

O beloved in whom faithfulness and kindness are rarely found,

The joy of youth is far from us without you.

Union with you is everlasting life, but

The finders of the elixir of life are hard to find.

Zanan-i Sukhanvar az Yik Hazar Sal-i Pish ta Imruz kih bih Parsi Sukhan Gufta-and (2, 17-19).