Living
Quatrain 246
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Youth is the time to pay court to the vine,
To quaff the cup, with revellers to recline;
A flood of water once laid waste the earth,
Hence learn to lay you waste with floods of wine.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 246.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/245/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 246.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/245/.
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