The Mind
Quatrain 387
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
Since all man's business in this world of woe
Is sorrow's pangs to feel, and grief to know,
Happy are they that never come at all,
And they that, having come, the soonest go!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 387.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/386/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 387.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/386/.
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