Religion
Quatrain XXIX
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
As little shall it serve you in the fight
If you remonstrate with the storming seas,
As if you querulously sigh to these
Of some imagined haven of delight.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XXIX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/149/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XXIX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/149/.
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