Living
Quatrain 101
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Ye, who cease not to drink on common days,
Do not on Friday quit your drinking ways;
Adopt my creed, and count all days the same,
Be worshippers of God, and not of days.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 101.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/100/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 101.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/100/.
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