Living
Quatrain 13
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
My fire gives forth no smoke-cloud here below,
My stock-in-trade no profit here below,
And you, who call me tavern-haunter, know
There is indeed no tavern here below
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 13.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/12/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 13.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/12/.
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