When men shake hands with time, time crushesThem like tumblers; little pieces of glass. — Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets
When men shake hands with time, time crushesThem like tumblers; little pieces of glass. — Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets
When men shake hands with time, time crushesThem like tumblers; little pieces of glass. — Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets
When men shake hands with time, time crushesThem like tumblers; little pieces of glass. — Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets
When men shake hands with time, time crushesThem like tumblers; little pieces of glass. — Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets
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When men shake hands with time, time crushesThem like tumblers; little pieces of glass.

— Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets
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