Living
Quatrain 427
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
O heart! can'st thou the darksome riddle read,
Where wisest men have failed, wilt thou succeed?
Quaff wine, and make thy heaven here below,
Who knows if heaven above will be thy meed?
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 427.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/426/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 427.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/426/.
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