Living
Quatrain 218
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Now Ramazan is past, Shawwal comes back,
And feast and song and joy no more we lack;
The wine-skin carriers throng the streets and cry,
«Here comes the porter with his precious pack.»
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 218.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/217/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 218.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/217/.
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