Living
Quatrain 17
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
So many cups of wine will I consume,
Its bouquet shall exhale from out my tomb,
And every one that passes by shall halt,
And reel and stagger with that mighty fume.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 17.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/16/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 17.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/16/.
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