Abu Nuwas Professions : Poet Born : 756 Died : 814 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Abu Nuwas I bought abandon dearAnd sold all piety for pleasure.My own free spirit I have followed,And never will I give up lust. Abu Nuwas free-spirit giving-up lust Critic, relent!Your hope for repentanceWill meet with disapppointment.For this is the life,Not desert tents,Not camel's milk! Abu Nuwas desert camels tents You, mad to expect repentance,Tear your robe all you want;I will never repent! Abu Nuwas mad tears want Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors