Death & Dying
Quatrain 33
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Death & Dying
Days changed to nights, ere you were born, or I,
And on its business ever rolled the sky;
See you tread gently on this dust--perchance
'Twas once the apple of some beauty's eye.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 33.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/32/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 33.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/32/.
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