Religion
Quatrain XXIV
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Dark leans to dark! the passions of a man
Are twined about all transitory things,
For verily the child of wisdom clings
More unto dreamland than Arabistan.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XXIV.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/144/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XXIV.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/144/.
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