Religion
Quatrain XX
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Yet if all things that vanish in their noon
Are but the part of some eternal scheme,
Of what the nightingale may chance to dream
Or what the lotus murmurs to the moon!
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/140/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/140/.
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