Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Verses of Yezid To His Father, Mowiah, Who Reproached Him For Drunkenness
Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881]
That I can thus from wine be driven,
Thou surely ne’er canst think—
Another reason thou hast given
Why I resolve to drink:
’Twas sweet the flowing cup to seize,
’Tis sweet thy rage to see;
And, first, I drink myself to please,
And, next—to anger thee!