Religion
Quatrain LXXXVI
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
You strut in piety the while you take
That pilgrimage to Mecca. Now beware,
For starving relatives befoul the air,
And curse, O fool, the threshold you forsake.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXXXVI.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/206/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXXXVI.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/206/.
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