Living
Quatrain 394
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Life's well-spring lurks within that lip of thine!
Let not the cup's lip touch that lip of thine!
Beshrew me, if I fail to drink his blood,
For who is he, to touch that lip of thine?
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 394.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/393/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 394.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/393/.
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