Living
Quatrain 197
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
True I drink wine, like every man of sense,
For I know Allah will not take offence;
Before time was, He knew that I should drink,
And who am I to thwart His prescience?
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 197.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/196/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 197.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/196/.
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