The Mind
And all my years, as vapid as my lay
Translated by Ameen Rihani (1918) · From The Luzumiyat of Abu'l-Ala (1918)
The Mind
And all my years, as vapid as my lay,
Are bitter morsels of a mystic day,--
The day of Fate, who carries in his lap
December snows and snow-white flowers of May.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “And all my years, as vapid as my lay.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/84/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “And all my years, as vapid as my lay.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/84/.
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