Time & Brevity
Quatrain 3
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
'Tis but a day we sojourn here below,
And all the gain we get is grief and woe,
And then, leaving life's riddles all unsolved,
And burdened with regrets, we have to go.
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 3.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/2/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 3.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/2/.
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