Religion
Quatrain CII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
How strange that we, perambulating dust,
Should be the vessels of eternal fire,
That such unfading passion of desire
Should be within our fading bodies thrust.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain CII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/222/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain CII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/222/.
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