Religion
Quatrain XXXIII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
But shall the fearing eyes of humankind
Have peeped beyond the curtain and excel
The boldness of a wondering gazelle
Or of a bird imprisoned in the wind?
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XXXIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/153/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XXXIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/153/.
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