The Mind
Oh! cast my dust away from thee, and doff
Translated by Ameen Rihani (1918) · From The Luzumiyat of Abu'l-Ala (1918)
The Mind
Oh! cast my dust away from thee, and doff
Thy cloak of sycophancy and like stuff:
I'm but a shadow on the sandy waste,--
Enough of thy duplicity, enough!
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Oh! cast my dust away from thee, and doff.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/90/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Oh! cast my dust away from thee, and doff.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/90/.
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