Time & Brevity
Quatrain 482
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
For union with my love I sigh in vain,
The pangs of absence I can scarce sustain,
My grief I dare not tell to any friend;
O trouble strange, sweet passion, bitter pain!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 482.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/481/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 482.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/481/.
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