Time & Brevity
Quatrain 317
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
On earth's green carpet many sleepers lie,
And hid beneath it others I descry,
And others, not yet come, or passed away,
People the desert of Nonentity!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 317.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/316/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 317.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/316/.
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