Living
Quatrain 259
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Dark wheel! how many lovers thou hast slain,
Like Mahmud and Ayaz, O inhumane!
Come, let us drink, thou grantest not two lives,
When one is spent, we find it not again.
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 259.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/258/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 259.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/258/.
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