Living
Quatrain 307
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
O City Mufti, you go more astray
Than I do, though to wine I do give way;
I drink the blood of grapes, you that of men:
Which of us is the more bloodthirsty, pray?
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 307.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/306/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 307.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/306/.
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