Religion
Quatrain XCIII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
My village is the loneliness, and I
Am as the travellers through the Syrian sand,
That for a moment see the warning hand
Of one who breasted up the rock, their spy.
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XCIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/213/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XCIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/213/.
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