Time & Brevity
Quatrain 57
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
Bring wine! my heart with dancing spirits teems,
Wake! fortune's waking is as fleeting dreams;
Quicksilver-like our days are swift of foot,
And youthful fire subsides as torrent streams.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 57.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/56/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 57.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/56/.
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