Religion
Quatrain LXXVIII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
The good law and the bad law disappear
Below the flood of custom, or they float
And, like the wonderful Sar'aby coat,
They captivate us for a little year.
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXXVIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/198/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXXVIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/198/.
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