Religion
Quatrain XCVI
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Perchance the world is nothing, is a dream,
And every noise the dreamland people say
We sedulously note, and we and they
May be the shadows flung by what we seem.
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XCVI.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/216/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XCVI.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/216/.
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