Time & Brevity
Quatrain 32
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
This jug did once, like me, love's sorrows taste,
And bonds of beauty's tresses once embraced,
This handle, which you see upon its side,
Has many a time twined round a slender waist!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 32.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/31/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 32.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/31/.
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