Religion
Quatrain CIV
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
A most unlovely world, said brother worm,
For all of us are piteous prisoners.
And if, declared the first, your thought is true,
And this a prison be, melikes it well.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain CIV.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/224/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain CIV.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/224/.
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