Time & Brevity
Quatrain 153
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
'Tis passing strange, those titled noblemen
Find their own lives a burden sore, but when
They meet with poorer men, not slaves to sense,
They scarcely deign to reckon them as men.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 153.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/152/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 153.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/152/.
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