Death & Dying
Quatrain 300
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Death & Dying
My love shone forth, and I was overcome,
My heart was speaking, but my tongue was dumb;
Beside the water-brooks I died of thirst.
Was ever known so strange a martyrdom?
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 300.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/299/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 300.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/299/.
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