The Mind
Quatrain 500
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
No longer hug your grief and vain despair,
But in this unjust world be just and fair;
And since the issue of the world is naught,
Think you are naught, and so shake off dull care!
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 500.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/499/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 500.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/499/.
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