Living
Quatrain 195
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Though drink is wrong, take care with whom you drink,
And who you are that drink, and what you drink;
And drink at will, for, these three points observed,
Who but the very wise can ever drink?
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 195.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/194/.
Chicago
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 195.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/194/.
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