Time & Brevity
Quatrain 483
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
'Tis dawn! I hear the loud Muezzin's call,
And here am I before the vintner's hall;
This is no time of piety. Be still!
And drop your talk and airs devotional!
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 483.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/482/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 483.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/482/.
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