Religion
Quatrain XLIX
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
I shook the trees of knowledge. Ah! the fruit
Was fair upon the bleakness of the soil.
I filled a hundred vessels with my spoil,
And then I rested from the grand pursuit.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XLIX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/169/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XLIX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/169/.
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