Religion
Quatrain CVIII
Translated by Henry Baerlein (1909) · From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala (1909)
Religion
A night of silence! 'Twas the swinging sea
And this our world of darkness. And the twain
Rolled on below the stars; they flung a chain
Around the silences which are in me.
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain CVIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/228/.
Chicago
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Quatrain CVIII.” Translated by Henry Baerlein. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/228/.
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