Time & Brevity
Quatrain 257
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
O heart! this world is but a fleeting show,
Why should its empty griefs distress thee so?
Bow down, and bear thy fate, the eternal pen
Will not unwrite its roll for thee, I trow!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 257.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/256/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 257.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/256/.
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