A tenth-century poetess and friend of Rudaki from Balkh, now Afghanistan, whose brother killed her on learning of her love for a Turkic slave. Among her most famous poems is one allegedly written as she lay dying:

I am captured by your love
trying to escape is not possible
love is an ocean without boundaries
a wise person would not want to swim in it
if you want love until the end
you must accept what is not accepted
welcome hardship with joy
eat poison but call it honey

-translated by Bashir Sakhwaraz