Living
Quatrain 355
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
To find great Jamshid's world-reflecting bowl
I compassed sea and land, and viewed the whole;
But, when I asked the wary sage, I learned
That bowl was my own body, and my soul!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 355.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/354/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 355.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/354/.
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