The Mind
Quatrain 256
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
If you seek Him, abandon child and wife,
Arise, and sever all these ties to life;
All these are bonds to check you on your course.
Arise, and cut these bonds, as with a knife.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 256.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/255/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 256.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/255/.
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