From your gaze, a wine I drank so deep,
That reason's claim I now forever sleep.
Others may fall to death's cold, fading hand,
But life, I found, in your bright gaze I scanned.
O grief of life, a counsel now impart,
O grief of life, speak to my weary heart.
On one side, her abode, a haven bright,
On the other, the tavern, bathed in light.
To which should I turn, my spirit torn?
My choice remains forever forlorn.
On one side, her abode, a haven bright,
On the other, the tavern, bathed in light.
Upon the roof, a bloom in splendor gleams,
While revels of wine and goblets fill my dreams.
Upon the roof, a bloom in splendor gleams,
While revels of wine and goblets fill my dreams.
Both claim my soul, a bittersweet embrace,
On one side, her abode, a haven bright,
On the other, the tavern, bathed in light.
Life is one, yet two desires compete,
My soul alone, yet claims to which it must meet.
Life is one, yet two desires compete,
My soul alone, yet claims to which it must meet.
Life is one, yet two desires compete,
My soul alone, yet claims to which it must meet.
Tell me, my heart, to whom must I first attend?
On one side, her abode, a haven bright,
On the other, the tavern, bathed in light.
How can I break this bond, O Zafar, pray?
Whom should I choose, and whom should I betray?
How can I break this bond, O Zafar, pray?
Whom should I choose, and whom should I betray?
How can I break this bond, O Zafar, pray?
Whom should I choose, and whom should I betray?
From both, a kinship, reaching near and far,
On one side, her abode, a haven bright,
On the other, the tavern, bathed in light.
O grief of life, a counsel now impart,
O grief of life, speak to my weary heart.
On one side, her abode, a haven bright,
On the other, the tavern, bathed in light.
O grief of life, a counsel now impart,
O grief of life, speak to my weary heart.
On one side, her abode, a haven bright,
On the other, the tavern, bathed in light.
To which should I turn, my spirit torn?
My choice remains forever forlorn.
On one side, her abode, a haven bright,
On the other, the tavern, bathed in light.
On one side, her abode, a haven bright,
On the other, the tavern, bathed in light.
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