by
Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Il n'est nulle douceur comme celle...
Language: French (Français) after the Arabic (العربية)
Il n'est nulle douceur comme celle d’aimer,
Ni fièvre dévorante égalant cette fièvre,
Ni fruit délicieux qui sache alors calmer
Ma lèvre, en s’y fondant, comme le fait ta lèvre.
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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 19.
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There is no sweetness like that of being...
Language: English after the French (Français)
There is no sweetness like that of being in love,
Nor consuming fever to equal that fever,
Nor delicious fruit that then can soothe
My lips, by melting into them, as your lips do.
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