“When you read what fate inscribes
On Time’s forehead, you would shed tears of blood.
If Time’s right hand preserves a man from harm,
Its left will pour him out a cup of doom.”
– The Arabian Nights (trans. Lyons, et al.)
“When you read what fate inscribes
On Time’s forehead, you would shed tears of blood.
If Time’s right hand preserves a man from harm,
Its left will pour him out a cup of doom.”
– The Arabian Nights (trans. Lyons, et al.)