Time & Brevity
Quatrain 87
Translated by E. H. Whinfield (1883) · From The Quatrains (Whinfield)
Time & Brevity
Make haste! soon must you quit this life below,
And pass the veil, and Allah's secrets know,
Make haste to take your pleasure while you may,
You wot not whence you come, nor whither go.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 87.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/86/.
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Khayyam, Omar. “Quatrain 87.” Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/omar-khayyam/86/.
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