Death & Dying
Quatrain 493
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Death & Dying
A potter at his work I chanced to see,
Pounding some earth and shreds of pottery;
I looked with eyes of insight, and methought
'Twas Adam's dust with which he made so free!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 493.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/492/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 493.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/492/.
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