Living
Quatrain 79
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Living
Some wine, a Houri (Houris if there be),
A green bank by a stream, with minstrelsy;--
Toil not to find a better Paradise
If other Paradise indeed there be!
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MLA
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 79.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/78/.
Chicago
Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 79.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/78/.
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