Religion
Quatrain XCII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Our wilderness will be the laughing land,
Where nuts are hung for us, where nodding peas
Are wild enough to press about our knees,
And water fills the hollow of our hand.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XCII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/212/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XCII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/212/.
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