Religion
Quatrain 215
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Religion
The people who the heavenly world adorn,
Who come each night, and go away each morn,
Now on Heaven's skirt, and now in earth's deep pouch,
While Allah lives, shall aye anew be born!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 215.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/214/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 215.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/214/.
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