Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Mashdud on the Monks of Khabbet
Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881]
Crowded gardens, festive bowers,
Ne’er shall claim a thought of mine:
You can give in Khabbet's towers—
Purer joys and brighter wine.
Though your pallid faces prove
How you nightly vigils keep,
’Tis but that you ever love
Flowing goblets more than sleep.