The Mind
And in the pottery the potter cried
Translated by Ameen Rihani (1918) · From The Luzumiyat of Abu'l-Ala (1918)
The Mind
And in the pottery the potter cried,
As on his work shone all the master's pride--
"How is it, Rabbi, I, thy slave, can make
Such vessels as nobody dare deride?"
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MLA
al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “And in the pottery the potter cried.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/49/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “And in the pottery the potter cried.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/49/.
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