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The poet composed these verses after growing weary of eating bread at a monastery mixed with darnel, which made him imagine he was still on a ship exposed to sea dragons. He sent the poem to the abbot of another monastery hoping for relief. The abbot replied with verses stating they had no desired food, wine, or women. Al-Fariyaq went to him in reproach, only to find a prince's wife who had sought refuge there, prompting him to tease the abbot about changing his name and contradicting his claim that there were no women present.

Source: The Poetry Encyclopedia — Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi

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