Religion
Quatrain IX
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Shall I that am as dust upon the plain
Think with unloosened hurricanes to fight?
Or shall I that was ravished from the night
Fall on the bosom of the night again?
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain IX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/129/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain IX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/129/.
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