Time & Brevity
Quatrain 119
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
Drink wine! and then as Mahmud thou wilt reign,
And hear a music passing David's strain:
Think not of past or future, seize to-day,
Then all thy life will not be lived in vain.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 119.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/118/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 119.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/118/.
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