Living
Quatrain 339
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
We make the wine-jar's lip our place of prayer,
And drink in lessons of true manhood there,
And pass our lives in taverns, if perchance
The time mis-spent in mosques we may repair.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 339.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/338/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 339.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/338/.
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