Living
Quatrain 433
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
To Thee, whose essence baffles human thought,
Our sins and righteous deeds alike seem naught,
May Thy grace sober me, though drunk with sins,
And pardon all the ill that I have wrought!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 433.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/432/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 433.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/432/.
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