Living
Quatrain 430
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Though I am wont a wine-bibber to be,
Why should the people rail and chide at me?
Would that all evil actions made men drunk,
For then no sober people should I see!
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 430.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/429/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 430.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/429/.
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