Death & Dying
Quatrain 82
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Death & Dying
Thy body is a tent, where harbourage
The Sultan spirit takes for one brief age;
When he departs, comes the tent-pitcher death,
Strikes it, and onward moves, another stage.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 82.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/81/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 82.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/81/.
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