Afin d’éterniser le mal et la douleur

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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Afin d’éterniser le mal et la douleur

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Afin d’éterniser le mal et la douleur, 
Nous baisons en tremblant la surface et la fleur 
D’un corps mortel qui loge en lui la pourriture, 
Tant la surface est tendre et douce l’imposture !

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 60.

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. 97 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-05-04
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