Time & Brevity
Quatrain 70
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
What is the world? A caravanserai,
A pied pavilion of night and day;
A feast whereat a thousand Jamshids sat,
A couch whereon a thousand Bahrams lay.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 70.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/69/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 70.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/69/.
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