Living
Quatrain 452
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Give me a skin of wine, a crust of bread
A pittance bare, a book of verse to read;
With thee, O love, to share my lowly roof,
I would not take the Sultan's realm instead!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 452.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/451/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 452.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/451/.
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