Living
Quatrain 139
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Comrades! I pray you, physic me with wine,
Make this wan amber face like rubies shine,
And, if I die, use wine to wash my corpse,
And frame my coffin out of planks of vine!
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 139.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/138/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 139.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/138/.
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