“The wise person gathers wisdom from every cup of experience, sweet or bitter.”
About Abu Nuwas
c. 756–c. 814
Abu Nuwas, whose full name was al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami and whose life is generally dated from about 756 to about 814, occupies a singular position in the history of Arabic poetry. Few poets have been so admired for verbal brilliance, so censured for moral provocation, so repeatedly transformed into legend, and so…