Living
Quatrain 161
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
What though the sky with its blue canopy
Doth close us in so that we cannot see,
In the etern Cupbearer's wine methinks,
There float a myriad bubbles like to me.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 161.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/160/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 161.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/160/.
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