Religion
Quatrain XXVI
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Farewell, my soul!--bird in the narrow jail
Who cannot sing. The door is opened! Fly!
Ah, soon you stop, and looking down you cry
The saddest song of all, poor nightingale.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XXVI.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/146/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XXVI.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/146/.
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