Religion
Quatrain LXVIII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
There is a palace, and the ruined wall
Divides the sand, a very home of tears,
And where love whispered of a thousand years
The silken-footed caterpillars crawl.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXVIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/188/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXVIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/188/.
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