Religion
Quatrain LXVI
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
The songs we fashion from our new delight
Are echoes. When the first of men sang out,
He shuddered, hearing not alone the shout
Of hills but of the peoples in the night.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXVI.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/186/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXVI.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/186/.
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