The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (6) [Archives:2006/908/Culture]

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January 2 2006

Translated by Edward FitzGerald
And David's lips are lock't; but in divine

High piping Pehlevi, with “Wine! Wine! Wine!”

“Red wine!”- the nightingale cries to the rose

That yellow cheeks of hers to incarnadine
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