Living
Quatrain 454
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Why argue on Yasin and on Barat?
Write me the draft for wine they call Barat!
The day my weariness is drowned in wine
Will seem to me as the great night Barat!
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 454.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/453/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 454.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/453/.
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