"I do repent of wine and talk of wine, Of idols fair with charms like silver fine: A lip-repentance and a lustful heart— O God, forgive this penitence of mine!"
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A Literary History of Persia, Vol. 2, p. 123
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Asjadi
1040 – 1043
Abu Nazar ʿAbdul ʿAziz bin Mansur ʿAsjadi, also known as Asjadi (died between 1040- 1043) was a 10th-11th century royal Persian poet of the Ghaznavid empire.
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