Living
Quatrain 446
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Last night I dashed my cup against a stone,
In a mad drunken freak, as I must own,
And lo! the cup cries out in agony,
«You too, like me, shall soon be overthrown.»
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 446.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/445/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 446.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/445/.
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