Living
Quatrain 397
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
We buy new wine and old, our cups to fill,
And sell for two grains this world's good and ill;
Know you where you will go to after death?
Set wine before me, and go where you will!
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 397.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/396/.
Chicago
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 397.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/396/.
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