Living
Quatrain 456
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
These ruby lips, and wine, and minstrel boys,
And lute, and harp, your dearly cherished toys,
Are mere redundancies, and you are naught,
Till you renounce the world's delusive joys.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 456.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/455/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 456.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/455/.
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