Friday, January 31, 2014

Confession

Abu Nawas was born in 757 A.D in Ahwar, a small village nearby Iran and Iraq borders. His real name is Hasan bin Hani El-Hakami. But he is well known as Abu Nawas or Mr. Crest because he used to arrange his hair into a crest.

He lived during the Caliph Aaron El-Raced era. Abu Nawas was a genius poet. His works have given a big influent to Arabic literature. And his most famous poems is “Confession”.

الهي لست للفردوس أهلا - ولا أقوى على النار الجحيم

O!, My Lord, I Had No Right To Stay In Heaven.
But God, I’m Not Able To Taste Doom Of Fire.