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Poetry
Chaikhana
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About Fakhruddin IraqiTimeline (? - 1289) |
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In the street of wineshops, when
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In the street of wineshops, when
should I pray? since my drunkenness and sobriety alike are all the same as prayer. There, no one accepts the coin of righteousness, piety and self-denial: The only good currency in that street is beggary. None but the drunkard knows the tavern's secrets -- how could the sober unveil the mysteries of that street? As soon as I met those cunning haunters of the wineshop I realized that other work than theirs is nothing but a fable. Do you want a guided tour of the Mecca of Love? Come, sit in the tavern, for the trip to Arabia is long and tedious. They refused me entrance at first at the wineshop so I went to the monastery and found an open door -- but I heard a voice from within the tavern crying, "'Iraqi! Open the door for yourself, the gates of drunkenness are always agape!"
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