Classic Poem

I said :
" If I come to you, will your lips kiss mine? "
She said :
" Have you a thousand lips that you should ask me? "
I said :
" Your raven locks are like black cobras. "
She said :
" Fool — would you trust a hooded cobra's sting? "
I said :
" How then shall I conquer your love? "
She said :
" Can you cut off a head without a sword? "

I said :
" Like a blind pilgrim, I wander aimlessly. "
She said :
" If you are a wise pilgrim, why disgrace yourself? "
I said :
" Let us be happy together, if only for a moment. "
She said :
" What happened to the women whom you used to love? "
I said :
" You are proud. Consider that Allah does not like the proud. "
She said :
" Why yell so loudly? What matters my pride to you? "
I said :
" I am the lover of your small, golden face. "
She said :
" Allah! Do not force your foul love on me! "

I said :
" If I die on your threshold, yours will be the blame. "
She said :
" Go and die. Then my dogs will no longer bark. "
I said :
" You cannot understand the love which I bear you. "
She said :
" And what does a Kalmick know of love? "