The Mind
Now, at this end of Adam's line I stand
Translated by Ameen Rihani (1918) · From The Luzumiyat of Abu'l-Ala (1918)
The Mind
Now, at this end of Adam's line I stand
Holding my father's life-curse in my hand,
Doing no one the wrong that he did me:--
Ah, would that he were barren as the sand!
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Now, at this end of Adam's line I stand.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/104/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Now, at this end of Adam's line I stand.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/104/.
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