Living
Quatrain 42
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Behold these cups! Can He who deigned to make them,
In wanton freak let ruin overtake them,
So many shapely feet and hands and heads,--
What love drives Him to make, what wrath to break them?
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 42.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/41/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 42.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/41/.
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