Religion
Quatrain XLIII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Some yellow sand all hunger shall assuage
And for my thirst no cloud have need to roll,
And ah! the drooping bird which is my soul
No longer shall be prisoned in the cage.
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XLIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/163/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XLIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/163/.
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