The Mind
Quatrain 58
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
The Mind
Love's devotees, not Moslems here you see,
Not Solomons, but ants of low degree;
Here are but faces wan and tattered rags,
No store of Cairene cloth or silk have we.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 58.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/57/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 58.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/57/.
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