Death & Dying
Quatrain 51
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Death & Dying
I dreamt a sage said, «Wherefore life consume
In sleep? Can sleep make pleasure's roses bloom?
For gather not with death's twin-brother sleep,
Thou wilt have sleep enough within thy tomb!»
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 51.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/50/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 51.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/50/.
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