The Mind
Quatrain 249
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
The starry aspects are not all benign;
Why toil then after vain desires, and pine
To lade thyself with load of fortune's boons,
Only to drop it with this life of thine?
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 249.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/248/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 249.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/248/.
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