PREFACE

Ast sayeth the poets

Fromst the Tatars

“Before you love
Learn to run through snow
Leaving no footprint”

Fromst the Turkish

“Young man
If you try to eat honey
On the blade of a knife
You will cut yourself”

If you try to taste honey
On the kiss of a woman
Taste with the lips only
If not young man
You will bite your own heart”