The Mind
Quatrain 489
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
Cheer up! your lot was settled yesterday!
Heedless of all that you might do or say,
Without so much as «By your leave» they fixed
Your lot for all the morrows yesterday!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 489.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/488/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 489.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/488/.
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