It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Bio: Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī,a known as Abū Nuwās was one of the greatest classical Arabic poets, who also composed in Persian on occasion.
