Religion
Quatrain XII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
We that with song our pilgrimage beguile,
With purple islands which a sunset bore,
We, sunk upon the sacrilegious shore,
May parley with oblivion awhile.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/132/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/132/.
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