Praising the beauty of a queen
When the poet-king, Ucaf Uddaul, celebrates the charms of the queen of
Ahmehnagara, he speaks thus: “Her shining tresses, divided in two
parts, encircle the harmonious contour of her white and delicate
cheeks, brilliant in their glow and freshness. Her ebony brows have
the form and charm of the bow of Kama, the god of love, and beneath
her long silken lashes the purest reflections and a celestial light
swim, as in the sacred lakes of Himalaya, in the black pupils of her
great clear eyes. Her teeth, fine, equal and white, glitter between
her smiling lips like dewdrops in a passion-flower’s half-enveloped
breast. Her delicately formed ears, her vermilion hands, her little
feet, curved and tender as the lotus-bud, glitter with the brilliancy
of the loveliest pearls of Ceylon, the most dazzling diamonds of
Golconda. Her narrow and supple waist, which a hand may clasp around,
sets forth the outline of her rounded figure and the beauty of her
bosom, where youth in its flower displays the wealth of its treasures;
and beneath the silken folds of her tunic she seems to have been
modeled in pure silver by the godlike hand of Vicvarcarma, the
immortal sculptor.” Around the world in 80 days.
Ahmehnagara, he speaks thus: “Her shining tresses, divided in two
parts, encircle the harmonious contour of her white and delicate
cheeks, brilliant in their glow and freshness. Her ebony brows have
the form and charm of the bow of Kama, the god of love, and beneath
her long silken lashes the purest reflections and a celestial light
swim, as in the sacred lakes of Himalaya, in the black pupils of her
great clear eyes. Her teeth, fine, equal and white, glitter between
her smiling lips like dewdrops in a passion-flower’s half-enveloped
breast. Her delicately formed ears, her vermilion hands, her little
feet, curved and tender as the lotus-bud, glitter with the brilliancy
of the loveliest pearls of Ceylon, the most dazzling diamonds of
Golconda. Her narrow and supple waist, which a hand may clasp around,
sets forth the outline of her rounded figure and the beauty of her
bosom, where youth in its flower displays the wealth of its treasures;
and beneath the silken folds of her tunic she seems to have been
modeled in pure silver by the godlike hand of Vicvarcarma, the
immortal sculptor.” Around the world in 80 days.