Religion
Quatrain CVII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
But this affected not the songful ones,
And evermore in beauty lived the rose.
And when the worms were old and wiser too,
They fell to silence and humility.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain CVII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/227/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain CVII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/227/.
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