Religion
Quatrain LXXXIX
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
The lowliest of the people is the lord
Who knows not where each day to make his bed,
Whose crown is kept upon the royal head
By that poor naked minister, the sword.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXXXIX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/209/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain LXXXIX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/209/.
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