Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To a Friend, On His Birthday

WHEN born, in tears we saw thee drowned, While thine assembled friends around With smiles their joy confessed: So live, that at thy parting hour, They may the flood of sorrow pour, And thou in smiles be dressed. Next: On a Cat, That Was Killed As She Was Attempting to Rob A Dove-House, by Ibn Alalaf Alnaharwany