The Mind
Quatrain 439
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
From this world's kitchen crave not to obtain
Those dainties, seeming real, but really vain,
Which greedy worldlings gorge to their own loss;
Renounce that loss, so loss shall prove thy gain!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 439.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/438/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 439.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/438/.
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