Time & Brevity
Quatrain 26
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
My life lasts but a day or two, and fast
Sweeps by, like torrent stream or desert blast,
Howbeit, of two days I take no heed,--
The day to come, and that already past.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 26.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/25/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 26.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/25/.
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