Religion
Quatrain CIII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
Deep in a silent chamber of the rose
There was a fattened worm. He looked around,
Espied a relative and spoke at him:
It seems to me this world is very good.
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain CIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/223/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain CIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/223/.
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