Death & Dying
Quatrain 405
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Death & Dying
Friend! trouble not yourself about your lot,
Let futile care and sorrow be forgot;
Since this life's vesture crumbles into dust,
What matters stain of word or deed, or blot?
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 405.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/404/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 405.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/404/.
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