Famous Quotes

Famous Quotes by Hla Stavhana

How can you describe her?
When your gaze falls
on one of her parts,
like a sick cow... More
Even elegant
and practiced sex
from shrewd men
won’t sweep me off my feet
as... More
Slim Woman,
all your ample parts
have become thin
and even the thin ones
have... More
Even by noon
of the very first day,
she’d etched the wall
with lines,... More
I’m telling the truth.
I’m standing at death’s door
and even today
my sight... More
Those friends have left.
Only stumps remain
in the thickets
and we’ve grown old,... More
I’m on my half of the bed,
my face turned away,
and my heart’s now aflame with... More
When he has loved me,
goes but a step away
and returns
to love me again,
I’m... More
The weight of its body
cleverly suspended
by its own wings,
the bee
sips at the... More
Don’t leer at him
with half-glances.
Look at him naturally,
so you can see him... More
In separation, deadly as poison,
in union, brimming with nectar.
What, did fate make my... More
In separation,
a lover’s burgeoning grief
just can’t be ended
without the... More
May all men rejoice
in the pleasures of whores,
arranged in many crooked ways,
yet... More
The anger
that my friends
planted in my heart
when they somehow found
a hole in... More
When love is broken,
then patched up
and cruelty is obvious,
like water... More
I gave up my shame,
lost my virginity
and became notorious
for his sake.
Dear... More
Don’t make your enemies happy.
Make up with your lover,
who’s greedy to be... More
Mechanic,
you’re trying to make molasses
but you’re not using the machine
the way... More
Aunt,
you know that Tree of Love,
its roots bound in long affection
and tended with... More
Aunt,
there’s no such thing
as honest love
in the world of men.
If there... More
Aunt,
there’s a difference
in what he says,
though his words are the... More
Even as a bride
has limbs that steal one’s heart
because of their tenderness,
so... More
Aunt,
I drank him in
for all of a second,
and I wasn’t satisfied
as if my... More
Aunt,
how can I tell him,
with my heart about to burst?
Like an image on a... More
“The days have outnumbered
my fingers and toes.
What can I count with... More
“Tonight,
I must go to that lucky man
and in the blinding dark.”
Thinking... More
The beggar gazes at her round navel
and she at the moon, his face,
while crows are... More
The full moon
cannot gain
a likeness to your face,
so god destroys it
time and... More
Because of neglect, Son,
though well-forged
in affectionate bonds,
Love in... More
Separation’s fire
can be borne
when there’s a knot of hope,
but Mother,
when... More
O Bee,
yoked with greed
for a drink of sap,
the jasmine bud
hasn’t even... More
Calmed by my pleading,
she continued to list your crimes,
found that ten fingers... More
Son of the village chief,
you’re pitiless,
scared of your wife
and as difficult to... More
Bees don’t swarm in a mango grove for nothing.
Where can you see a wisp of... More
If you’re going to burn, burn.
If you’re going to boil, boil
and if you’re... More
Because wretches
will dash a club
against a pin-prick,
even though we live
in the... More
Forget about the precious sight
of my lover’s face
that steals away my heart.
Just... More
As the son straddled
the husband’s back
when he fell at her feet,
the... More
They all laughed
when the young girl
who had just borne her first child
said... More
They take abuse
with smiles,
their hardship
with great ceremony,
their... More
Those women
who can see their lovers
even in dreams
are lucky,
but without... More
A man who knows the Real
is won only by true feeling.
Who can fool an old cat
with... More
For just today
don’t stop me
from crying,
Dear Friend,
for tomorrow
when... More
As if he were
a pot of dates
in a blind man’s hand,
Mothers,
they pilfer my... More
She scatters
the lotuses of her eyes
up the street,
waiting for you to... More
Upset at the young wife’s
first loss of virtue
in a riverside thicket,
a flock of... More
Her man falling asleep,
limp from dragging a plow sunk in mud,
the slattern curses the... More
If that slut
stepped on your foot
just to get out of the muck,
then, Lucky... More
Of course
I can remember a man
who strays from my heart
for an instant,
but when... More
Her girlfriends asked that innocent,
“What? What appeals to you?”
when her pregnancy... More
Though Love has finished,
the young wife
doesn’t know when to quit
and... More
Her face is like the moon.
Her mouth tastes like the drink of life.
Her wild, hot... More
Even in a reeling world
as great as this,
teeming with thousands
of gorgeous... More
She shut her eyes
and imagined her lover on the bed,
hugged herself tight
with her... More
Even he was abashed
and I laughed
and held him close
when he went for the knot
of... More
They live everywhere
on forest grass and water
that they’ve taken for... More
When the plowman fled,
having left a highborn woman
in the throes of... More
Eat what you can get.
Where’s the salt
in this dump of a village?
And, Lucky... More
These things shine:
The sports of a lord,
the jealousy of a beloved woman,
the... More
Dear Friend,
the canebrakes
nestled in the riverbank’s lap,
their clusters... More
Whatever patch of limb
he gazes on
with unblinking eyes,
I cover up
but I want... More
The red of her lower lip
kissed off by her lover at night
can be seen at... More
Of the two
who feign anger,
sulk in mock sleep,
and give ear
to the other’s... More
I don’t see any mango buds,
Mother-in-Law,
and the wind
with that Malabar... More
They say that my donkey-hearted lover
might leave sometime tomorrow.
Grow long, Blessed... More
Friend,
tell us.
We ask you
with good feeling:
Why do the bangles
on the... More
She mimics
whatever you do,
whatever you mutter
and the way you look at... More
You show up
and you rattle off endearments.
Lucky Man,
that’s where your goodness... More
Life is only transient.
Youth, once gone, doesn’t return.
Days are not the same as... More
Now without him,
I remember all the pleasures tasted.
The rumble of new clouds
sounds... More
A low man
will trade his shawl
for an ox
in the dead of winter,
looking at the... More
Okay, we’re bad.
Go away, faithful wife.
Your name may be untarnished,
but at least... More
If a man’s eye falls
on any of her limbs first,
it is stuck on that spot.
No one at... More
Lovely,
this plowman’s son
with the good-looking wife
has gone so thin over... More
His form is fixed in my eyes,
his touch in my limbs,
his whispers in my ear,
and his... More
There were those young men,
those village lands
and that youthfulness of mine.
People... More
Lucky Man,
be sure of this.
Your crimes
don’t burn me
as much as these clever... More
Lucky Man,
it’s true that she’s virtuous
and has a beautiful body.
And it’s... More
Lucky Man,
she can’t find room
in your heart
filled with a thousand women.
She... More
A tear
black with mascara
looks like a measuring-string
on her heart,
about to be... More
When we made love,
she issued hundreds of orders
and her cheeks bloomed with joy,
but... More
Of a couple
who have grown together,
sharing equally
their pleasures and... More
A woman hostage
will call a young thief “hero”
and look at him with love,
even if... More
Friend,
don’t cry
with the moon of your face
turned away.
Love’s ways are... More
A woman’s love goes
when she doesn’t see her man.
A crude man’s love goes
when... More
Even the hatred
in a man
who’s valued for his learning
is desirable,
but I’m... More
Love goes
when he’s not around,
goes
when he’s around too... More

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