VERSES OF YEZID TO HIS FATHER

VERSES OF YEZID TO HIS FATHER, MOWIAH, WHO REPROACHED HIM FOR DRUNKENNESS

Translated into English Verse by J. D. Carlyle, BD

MUST then my failings from the shaft

   Of anger ne'er escape?

 And dost thou storm because I've quaffed

   The water of the grape?

That I can thus from wine be driven,

   Thou surely ne'er canst think--

 Another reason thou hast given

   Why I resolve to drink:

'Twas sweet the flowing cup to seize,

   'Tis sweet thy rage to see;

 And, first, I drink myself to please,

   And, next--to anger thee!