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