Living
Quatrain 284
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Last night, as I reeled from the tavern door,
I saw a sage, who a great wine-jug bore;
I said, «O Shaikh, have you no shame?» Said he,
«Allah hath boundless mercy in his store.»
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 284.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/283/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 284.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/283/.
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