The Mind
Quatrain 306
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
Your course annoys me, O ye wheeling skies!
Unloose me from your chain of tyrannies!
If none but fools your favours may enjoy,
Then favour me,--I am not very wise!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 306.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/305/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 306.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/305/.
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