Religion
Quatrain XLV
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
There was a time when I was fain to guess
The riddles of our life, when I would soar
Against the cruel secrets of the door,
So that I fell to deeper loneliness.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XLV.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/165/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XLV.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/165/.
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