English / 401 - 1600
Sidonius Apollinaris (France, 430-489): Invitation to the dance
Belig (Ottoman Empire): On a dancing-girl
Francis Beaumont (London, UK, 1584-1616): Superlative Dance and Song
Po Chü-i (China, 772-846): Going to the mountains with a little dancing girl, aged fifteen
William Dunbar (Scotland, 1459-1520): The Dance of the Seven Deadly Sins
Ben Jonson (Westminster, UK, 1572-1637): Dances inspired by Love
Yang Kuei-Fei (719): Dancing
Li Po (Suyab, 701-762): The dancing girl
Sa’di (Iran, 1210-1291):The dancer
Shamese Tabrizi (Iran, 1185-1248): āda guru shamasa munnavara jāna te to farīyā bahu juga pramāna
āja ānanda pāmyā mana ke satagura sevīyāre lola
ceto ceto te caňcala cetīyāre lola
gurū āvyā bīyī rāta ke āvīne nācīyāre lola
gurajī āvyā sātamī rātake nāce bahu raňgare lola