Religion
Quatrain LXIX
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
And where the Prince commanded, now the shriek
Of wind is flying through the court of state:
"Here," it proclaims, "there dwelt a potentate
Who could not hear the sobbing of the weak."
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXIX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/189/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXIX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/189/.
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