Religion
Quatrain LIII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
He was the glazier out of Erzerûm,
Whose wizardry would make the children cry--
There will be no such wizardry when I
Am broken by the chariot-wheels of Doom.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/173/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/173/.
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