Religion
Quatrain XXXIX
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
For as a gate of sorrow-land unbars
The region of unfaltering delight,
So may you gather from the fields of night
That harvest of diviner thought, the stars.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XXXIX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/159/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XXXIX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/159/.
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