諸經要集 14.45

14.45

Better that red-hot iron / be rolled about within one's eyes, / than that with a scattered mind / one should look lasciviously upon female beauty. / With smiling faces they assume seductive postures, / haughty and coy, / turning their faces and casting sidelong glances, / with sweet words, jealousy, and anger, / walking in bewitching, defiled manners / to delude men. / When the snare of lust spreads its net, / men all cast themselves in. / Sitting, lying, walking, standing, / they glance coquettishly with clever charms; / foolish men of shallow wisdom / are brokenhearted because of them. / Brandishing a sword against an enemy / may still be overcome, / but the female robber who harms people / cannot be restrained. / A venomous snake bearing poison / may still be held in hand, / but a woman's passion that bewilders men / must never be touched.