"ألا فاسقِني خمراً، وقل لي: هيَ الخمرُ ولا تسقني سرّاً إذا أمكن الجهرُ"

"دَعْ عَنْكَ لَوْمِي فَإنَّ اللَّوْمَ إغْرَاءُ"

"Poured from the palm of a girl dressed as boy An intrigue for one of any orientation She lifts the carafe against the…"

"Say, then, to whom affects learning in philosophy Knowing one thing doesn’t comprise an education Don’t forbid others…"

"Auspicious stars had risen on this night When drunkard assaulted drunkard We passed the time kowtowing to the Devil, …"

"O Lord, even though I have committed many sins I understand that Your forgiveness... is far greater! If only those wh…"

"He played with sacred formulae, such as the call to prayer: "Come to prayer!" is rendered, in one profane turn, "Come…"

"In an ebullient exchange with the Baghdadi singing-girl ‘Inan he wrote: "Gorgeous one! – God has made your face a qib…"

"The following complaint sets perhaps the smuttiest tone about the poet’s detainment: "al-Amin, I languish in the sodo…"

"It is probably a fallacy to assume, as do some literary histories, that Abu Nuwas composed his ascetic pieces at some…"