Death & Dying
Quatrain 391
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Death & Dying
When life has fled, and we rest in the tomb,
They'll place a pair of bricks to mark our tomb;
And, a while after, mould our dust to bricks,
To furnish forth some other person's tomb!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 391.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/390/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 391.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/390/.
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