Time & Brevity
Quatrain 201
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
Now is the time earth decks her greenest bowers,
And trees, like Musa's hand, grow white with flowers!
As 'twere at 'Isa's breath the plants revive,
While clouds brim o'er, like tearful eyes, with showers.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 201.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/200/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 201.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/200/.
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