The Mind
Quatrain 289
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
Grieve not at coming ill, you can't defeat it,
And what far-sighted person goes to meet it?
Cheer up! bear not about a world of grief,
Your fate is fixed, and grieving will not cheat it.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 289.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/288/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 289.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/288/.
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