Religion
Quatrain VIII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
But if in some enchanted garden bloom
The rose imperial that will not fade,
Ah! shall I go with desecrating spade
And underneath her glories build a tomb?
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain VIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/128/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain VIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/128/.
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