Moorish Literature / Comprising Romantic Ballads, Tales of the Berbers, Stories of the Kabyles, Folk-Lore, and National Traditions

by Unknown

"O Adelifa, soul of mine,

Rejoice, and murmur not,

Up to the end be merry,

When worms shall be thy lot.

My day of life must needs be short,

Thy firmness must be long;

Although thou art a woman,

Unlike thy sex, be strong.

Be not like Venus, tho' in form

Thou art indeed her peer,