It is impossible for someone like Naji to attain piety and virtue, as that tavern-dweller cannot turn his eyes away from the intoxicating gaze of the beautiful.
In this couplet, Naji playfully admits his complete surrender to the charms of earthly beauty. For a tavern-dweller whose soul is utterly drunk on the intoxicating glances of the fair, sober virtues like piety and righteousness are simply impossible to achieve. With gentle self-irony, he accepts that his heart is far too captivated by the magic of love to ever follow the path of solemn restraint.
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