Religion
Quatrain XCIX
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Now fear the rose! You travel to the gloom
Of which the roses sing and sing so fair,
And, but for them, you'd have a certain share
In life: your name be read upon the tomb.
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XCIX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/219/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain XCIX.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/219/.
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