The nursling of a mountain bird!
A being never seen before,
Which human mother never bore!
And can the hoary locks of age
A youthful heart like thine engage?“
But her remonstrance was in vain, the willful Persian beauty had set her heart upon a man whom she had never seen,[[246]] and she quietly answered:
“My attachment is fixed, my election is made,
And when hearts are enchained ’tis vain to upbraid.
Neither Kizar nor Faghfūr I wish to behold,
Nor the monarch of Persia with jewels and gold;