Time & Brevity
Quatrain 345
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
The world's annoys I rate not at one grain,
So I eat once a day I don't complain;
And, since earth's kitchen yields no solid food,
I pester no man with petitions vain.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 345.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/344/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 345.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/344/.
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