Time & Brevity
Quatrain 350
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
My critics call me a philosopher,
But Allah knows full well they greatly err;
I know not even what I am, much less
Why on this earth I am a sojourner!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 350.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/349/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 350.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/349/.
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