by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Oui, tout est vain, étant mortel et...
Language: French (Français)
Oui, tout est vain, étant mortel et périssable ; Le château de ce monde est bâti sur du sable. Le passé, l’avenir, gouffres de toutes parts, Et ce rêve aux voyants fait leurs grands yeux hagards.
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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 50.
Note: This is not a translation. Al-Ghazali left no known poetry; these quatrains were written by Jean Lahor (pseudonym of Henri Cazalis), who imagined himself into Al-Ghazali's life and thought, adopting the quatrain form because it was current in Omar Khayyam's era.
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 77 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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