“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.)
Tags: Lit & Crit · The Arabian Nights
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