Time & Brevity
Quatrain 278
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
Ask not the chances of the time to be,
And for the past, 'tis vanished, as you see;
This ready-money breath set down as gain,
Future and past concern not you or me.
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 278.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/277/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 278.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/277/.
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