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    Wine of Paradise
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    Author: * Mehdi Cyaxeres - 10 Posts on this thread out of 118 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Jul 22, 2007 - 09:56

    Wine of jar bright,
    sun of black night,
    tear of the eyes,
    wine of Paradise!

    Sun globe of yore,
    yellow hellebore,
    eye of a Persian
    cast into prison!

    I saw a savage
    come from my village:
    the jar he struck
    with one blow he cracked.

    Forth burst the wine
    incarnadine,
    mellower far
    aged in the jar.

    Aromas wafted
    of wormwood in flower,
    for freedrinkers crafted,
    under skies a-glower.

    An evil brew
    This wineboy pours you:
    water from rain
    with wine entrained.

    He flashes a wink,
    a lethal drink!
    and as he saunters
    your mind wanders…



    Abu-Nuwas al-Hasan ben Hani al-Hakami (750–810)


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