Religion
Quatrain L
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Alas! I took me servants: I was proud
Of prose and of the neat, the cunning rhyme,
But all their inclination was the crime
Of scattering my treasure to the crowd.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain L.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/170/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain L.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/170/.
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