Little Women
*NOTE* The following really really MAY NOT be true and most definitely CONTAINS 'CONTENT', but nevertheless please enjoy what Juan Ruiz has to say about Little Women. (vs. 1606-1617 The Book of Good Love; Kane translation)
"Concerning the Qualities which little women have
But now I want to put an end to all this windy preaching
Because I like a sermon brief with even terser teaching,
I also relish women short as much as pithy speeching
Since little maids like little words are handier for reaching.
Men laugh at those whose speech is long (though only fools will giggle)
But little girls are great in love and muckle love to wiggle;
All loutish sluts I'd gladly trade for wenches chic who wriggle
Though as for trading short for long-'gainst that I long would higgle.
The good about these little maids Love makes me here proclaim,
And hence I want to spread abroad their talents and their fame,
Wherefore I'll have you understand, if you would know the game,
That women short seem cold as snow but burn you like a flame.
That is to say, they're cold outside though raging hot with passion-
In bed they slosh and wallow it in wild hilarious fashion-
But dressed, you'd think their lives were just a bread and water ration;
Indeed, you'll find out other things if you are keen to dash in.
Within a little jewel lies a rare effulgent splendor,
Within a little sugar lies a sweet naught else can render,
Within a little woman lies great love surpassing tender,
And here's a case where little words suffice to recommend her.
A pepper grain is wondrous small, but how it burns the snout,
And dries hte body's humors up like sun in summer's drought;
'Tis that way with a little wench, if only she puts out;
You'll find no pleasure in the world she doesn't know about.
Just as the smallest bud will have the full blown rose's hue,
Just as from tiny coins of gold much value will accrue,
And from a bit of fragrant balm exotic scents ensue
So you will find a little maid is unsurpassed to woo.
A little ruby can possess a worth within which shine
Its color and nobility, its price and virtue fine,
Thus likewise little women have a beauty so divine
that grace and charm and loyalty within them all combine.
The skylark is a little bird, the nightingale is small,
But more than larger birds their songs and carolings enthrall;
Think not because a maid is short she has no worth at all,
For when it ocmes to loving she is like a honey ball.
The oriole and popinjay are both of them petite,
But more than any other bird their jargoning is sweet
With Latin so melodious expressed in rich conceit;
So little girls bring ecstasy to love's enchanting feat.
Short women have no peers aamong the female congregation;
They make an earthly paradise wehre men attain salvation
With pleasures, bliss incontinent, and every consolation-
You'll find her pudding is the proof, not just their salutation.
I never saw a chit but what I hakered to possess her,
But as for big-'tis no disgrace to flee a large aggressor-
"Between two evils choose the least," proclaimed a wise professor,
So when it comes to sinful girls, the little one's the lesser.
...Short and sweetly put eh? :)
