Religion
Quatrain XCVII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Zohair the poet sang of loveliness
Which is the flight of things. Oh, meditate
Upon the sorrows of our earthly state,
For what is lovely we may not possess.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XCVII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/217/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XCVII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/217/.
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