Time & Brevity
Quatrain 125
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
That azure coloured vault and golden tray
Have turned, and will turn yet for many a day;
And just so we, impelled by turns of fate,--
Come here but for a while, then pass away.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 125.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/124/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 125.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/124/.
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