The Manuscript of Time

LXXXVI

Hast thou not read the Manuscript of Time,
All dotted by Misfortune and by Crime?
Hast thou not pondered on it—hast thou not
Rejoiced and gloried in its tone sublime?

The 86th Quatrain of Abu'l-Ala

The Quatrains of Abu'l-Ala, trans. Ameen F. Rihani (New York: Doubleday, Page, 1903.

For more on Abu'l-Ala see R. A. Nicholson, A Literary History of the Arabs‎, 1907


Published by on

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)