Religion
Quatrain LXXIV
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Say that you come to life as 'twere a feast,
Prepared to pay whatever is the bill
Of death or tears or--surely, friend, you will
Not shrink at death, which is among the least?
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXXIV.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/194/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXXIV.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/194/.
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