unfeigning

Updated: May 14, 2025

'I dyed what years have dyed, but this my staining * Lasts not, while that of days is aye remaining: Days when beclad in gear of youth I fared, * Raked fore and aft by men with joy unfeigning. I cried, 'By Allah, favoured art thou for an old woman!

Anonymous - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05