Religion
Quatrain X
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Endure! and if you rashly would unfold
That manuscript whereon our lives are traced,
Recall the stream which carols thro' the waste
And in the dark is rich with alien gold.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain X.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/130/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain X.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/130/.
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