Religion
Quatrain LXXXIII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
An archer took an arrow in his hand;
So fair he sent it singing to the sky
That he brought justice down from--ah, so high!
He was an archer in the morning land.
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXXXIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/203/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXXXIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/203/.
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