Quatrain (Cuarteta), by Jorge Luis Borges

Others died, but it occurred in the past,
Which is the season (everyone knows) most propitious for death.
Is it possible that I, subject of Yaqub Almansur,
Die as roses and Aristotle had to die?

From Divan of Almotásim el Magrebi (12^th century)

Translated by Christopher Mulrooney