let's read poetry together!

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two epigrams about death and belief
abu al alaa al maarri

we laughed, and o how foolish was our laughter!
dwellers on earth should cry and never cease.
time's vagaries crush us like glass; thereafter
we'll never be remolded as one piece.

if after death your body kept its shape,
we might hope it will be revived again,
just as a jug, emptied of wine, could be
refilled, as long as it remains unbroken.
but all its parts have come undone and turned
to particles of dust swept by the winds.

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thanks for listening!

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