Time & Brevity
Quatrain 312
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
O let us not forecast to-morrow's fears,
But count to-day as gain, my brave compeers!
To-morrow we shall quit this inn, and march
With comrades who have marched seven thousand years.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 312.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/311/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 312.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/311/.
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