The Rubaiyat of Omer Khayyam(3) [Archives:2005/905/Culture]
December 22 2005
Translated by Edward FitzGerald
As the cock crew, those who stood before
The tavern shouted- “Open then the door!
“You know how little while we have to stay,
“And, once departed, may return no more.”
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