In the bath-house, the mysteries hidden by trousersAre revealed to you.All becomes radiantly manifest.Feast your eyes without restraint!You see handsome buttocks, shapely trim torsos,You hear the guys whispering pious formulasto one another('God is Great! ' 'Praise be to God! ')Ah, what a palace of pleasure is the bath-house!Even when the towel-bearers come inAnd spoil the fun a bit.ENJOY MOREThe Ceylon Press publishes a range of podcasts including The History Of Sri Lanka; the off-grid Jungle Diaries podcast; Island Stories, the podcast that explores what makes Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan; the Wild Isle Podcast: Stories from Sri Lanka’s Nature; a range of complete Audio Books about Sri Lanka; as well as Poetry from The Jungle.  All these, along with eBooks, dictionaries, guides and companions can be found at www.theceylonpress.com, based at The Flame Tree Estate & Hotel in the jungle northwest of Kandy: www.flametreeestate.com.  The copyright of this podcast recording is David Swarbrick @The Ceylon Press 2025. POETRY FROM THE JUNGLE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE COPYRIGHT CREDIT: Poems by Abu Nuwas, Translated by Jaafar Abu Tarab, iUniverse inc. 2005

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