Living
Quatrain 448
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Audit yourself, your truce account to frame,
See! you go empty, as you empty came;
You say, «I will not drink and peril life,»
But, drink or no, you must die all the same!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 448.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/447/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 448.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/447/.
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