Living
Quatrain 298
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
With maids stately as cypresses, and fair
As roses newly plucked, your wine-cups share,
Or e'er Death's blasts shall rend your robe of flesh
Like yonder rose leaves, lying scattered there!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 298.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/297/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 298.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/297/.
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