You, mad to expect repentance,Tear your robe all you want;I will never repent! — Abu Nuwas Copy Share Image
I bought abandon dearAnd sold all piety for pleasure.My own free spirit I have followed,And never will I give up lust. — Abu Nuwas Copy Share Image
Critic, relent!Your hope for repentanceWill meet with disapppointment.For this is the life,Not desert tents,Not camel's milk! — Abu Nuwas Copy Share Image
“Decay spread in me low and high, Organ by organ, I see myself beginning to die, Not a single hour passes by without reducing… — Abū Nuwās Copy Share Image
