Religion
Quatrain XIV
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
The days are dressing all of us in white,
For him who will suspend us in a row.
But for the sun there is no death. I know
The centuries are morsels of the night.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XIV.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/134/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XIV.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/134/.
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