Religion
Quatrain XCIV
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Where is the valiance of the folk who sing
These valiant stories of the world to come?
Which they describe, forsooth! as if it swum
In air and anchored with a yard of string.
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XCIV.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/214/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XCIV.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/214/.
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