Who Pleasure Seeks Must Oftentimes Experience Sad Pain

Who pleasure seeks must oftentimes experience sad pain, in sooth;
He must a beggar be who doth desire to win domain, in sooth.

Whene'er I sigh, up rise my tears, they, boiling, fast o'erflow my eyes;
Winds surely must full fiercely blow, with waves to fill the main, in sooth.

My heart's domain now thought of thee, now grief for thee, alternate rule;
This realm to wreck and waste to lay those two sublime Kings strain, in sooth.

Spite zeal and prayers, Truth sure is found within the cup that's filled with wine;
So acts of rakes are free from all hypocrisy's foul stain, in sooth.

O 'Adenî, rub thou thy face low 'midst the dust that lines her path;
For eyes with blood filled stand in need of tûtyâ, health to gain, in sooth.