Wake! And arrive, O darling,
I have the Tavern prepared within.
A cup of wine and a feast
And for you I have clad in bliss
This many I have crafted
From my heart and my dream.

Mahasti Ganjavi (XIth century)
Translation from Persian by Sheema Kalbasi
The Seven Valleys of Love, the Bilingual Anthology of Women Poets from the Middle Ages Persia to the Present Time Iran