To A Princess Of Arabian Night Poem by Hossain Shohag

Oh princess of Arabian nights, Yasmine,
The gift from God, a beauty evermore—
I wish to have an all-seeing eye, keen
To see you every moment I adore.

Oh carpet, take me where my heart would go,
Beyond Baghdad, past Gibraltar's gate—
Or Fez, which separates Cordova's show,
Where love and dreams converge our destined fate.

If I must swim across, I'll brave the sea,
And sacrifice my life as others did—
If I must turn to stone, let it be me,
Like statues of those whose love fate forbid.

The Sufi says behind all things, God's will—
Then why is love a sin- if I beg you still?