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ottar of roses; and, agreeably to the custom of Asiatic princes, 

 presented to each betel, shawls, and kincobs. 



It is not easy to give a literal translation of the dancing-girls' 

 songs, but as they were superior to any I had heard before, I at- 

 tempted an imitation from the communication of a friend, who 

 understood the language, and had been accustomed to these enter- 

 tainments. Were 1 favoured by the muse of liafiz, I would not 

 introduce them in humble prose. 



A SONG OF ROSIIAN, OR ROXANA : 

 A FEMALE APPELLATION SIGNIFYING SPLENDOR. 



When, oh my beloved ! wilt thou return? delight of my heart, 

 and treasure of my soul, oh! when will thou appear to ble.->s thy 

 Koxana? In vain do I wait thy approach; thou comest not to 

 thy love: mine eyelids are weary in watching thy footsteps. The 

 sofa of my beloved is decked with garlands of mogrees, oversha- 

 dowed by a canopy of jessamin. I have strewed it with the sweet 

 dust of Keurah, and perfumed it with ottar of roses: I am scented 

 with the oils of lahore, and tinged with the blossoms of hinna; 

 haste then, my beloved, to thine handmaid, gladden her heart by 

 thy presence! 



A SONG OF SELIMA. 



Abdallah ! lamp of my life and possessor of my heart; my first, 

 my only love! In vain do I call upon thee, thou art afar off; thou 

 hearest not the voice of thy Selima, once the most favoured of thy 

 slaves! 



Abdallah! my king! my love! thou hast decked me with dia- 



