The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (7) [Archives:2006/909/Culture]
Translated by Edward Fitz Gerald
Come fill the cup, and in the fire of spring
The winter garment of repentance fling:
The bird of time has but a little way
To fly-and lo! the bird is on the wing
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