Living
Quatrain 5
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Arise! and come, and of thy courtesy
Resolve my weary heart's perplexity,
And fill my goblet, so that I may drink,
Or e'er they make their goblets out of me.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 5.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/4/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 5.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/4/.
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