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Khaqani Quotes

1120–1190 Iran

Afzaladdin Khaqani commonly known as Khāqānī (1120— 1190) was a major Persian poet and prose-writer. He was born in Transcaucasia in the historical region known as Shirvan, where he served as an ode-writer to the Shirvanshahs.

Iran
Poets

Random Khaqani quote

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Do you know what I benefitted from this world? Nothing
And what I gained from the days of life? Nothing
I am a candle of wisdom; but when extinguished, nothing
I am the cup of Jamshid; but when broken nothing

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Khaqani (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.