The Mind
But now the funeral is passing by
Translated by Ameen Rihani (1918) · From The Luzumiyat of Abu'l-Ala (1918)
The Mind
But now the funeral is passing by,
And in its trail, beneath this moaning sky,
The howdaj comes,--both vanish into night;
To me are one, the sob, the joyous cry.
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “But now the funeral is passing by.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/13/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “But now the funeral is passing by.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/13/.
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