basri

Updated: May 8, 2025

"O sire, be not deceived by worldly joys; * For life must pass, and joy must learn to mourn; When thou art told of folk in evil plight, * Think thou must answer for all hearts forlorn; And when thou bear thy dead towards the tombs, * Know thou wilt likewise on that way be bourne." Continued Abu the Basri, "Now when the youth had ended his charge and his verses I left him and went home.

Anonymous - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05