Religion
Quatrain VI
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
So shall you find all armour incomplete
And open to the whips of circumstance,
That so shall you be girdled of mischance
Till you be folded in the winding-sheet.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain VI.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/126/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain VI.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/126/.
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