Living
Quatrain 347
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
One hand with Koran, one with wine-cup dight,
I half incline to wrong, and half to right;
The azure-marbled sky looks down on me
A sorry Moslem, yet not heathen quite.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 347.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/346/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 347.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/346/.
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