Religion
Quatrain XLVI
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
One is behind the draperies of life,
One who will tear these tanglements away--
No dark assassin, for the dawn of day
Leaps out, as leapeth laughter, from the knife.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XLVI.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/166/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XLVI.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/166/.
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