Living
Quatrain 320
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Let us shake off dull reason's incubus,
Our tale of days or years cease to discuss,
And take our jugs, and plenish them with wine,
Or e'er grim potters make their jugs of us!
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 320.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/319/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 320.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/319/.
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