The Mind
Quatrain 45
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
Facts will not change to humour man's caprice,
So vaunt not human powers, but hold your peace;
Here must we stay, weighed down with grief for this,
That we were born so late, so soon decease.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 45.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/44/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 45.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/44/.
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