Religion
Quatrain XXX
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Steed of my soul! when you and I were young
We lived to cleave as arrows thro' the night,--
Now there is ta'en from me the last of light,
And wheresoe'er I gaze a veil is hung.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XXX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/150/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XXX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/150/.
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