Living
Quatrain 6
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
When I am dead, with wine my body lave,
For obit chant a bacchanalian stave,
And, if you need me at the day of doom,
Beneath the tavern threshold seek my grave.
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 6.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/5/.
Chicago
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 6.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/5/.
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