The Mind
Why try to con the book of earth and sky
Translated by Ameen Rihani (1918) · From The Luzumiyat of Abu'l-Ala (1918)
The Mind
Why try to con the book of earth and sky,
Why seek the truth which neither you nor I
Can grasp? But Death methinks the secret keeps,
And will impart it to us by and by.
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Why try to con the book of earth and sky.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/113/.
Chicago
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Why try to con the book of earth and sky.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/113/.
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