The snake is the twisted wick, the pearl is its flame, and the small sea is the oil in the bowl of the lamp.
A snake with a head of pearl, swimming in a small sea. What is it?
Give me a hintThe hint
The sea is oil.
Lee WLee WA one-line riddle from ninth-century Baghdad, by one of its great poets.
A snake with a head of pearl, swimming in a small sea. What is it?
The sea is oil.
The snake is the twisted wick, the pearl is its flame, and the small sea is the oil in the bowl of the lamp.