Living
Quatrain 479
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
So long as I possess two maunds of wine,
Bread of the flower of wheat, and mutton chine,
And you, O Tulip cheek, to share my hut,
Not every Sultan's lot can vie with mine.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 479.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/478/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 479.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/478/.
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