Time & Brevity
Quatrain 338
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
To confidants like you I dare to say
What mankind really are--moulded of clay,
Affliction's clay, and kneaded in distress,
They taste the world awhile, then pass away.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 338.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/337/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 338.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/337/.
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