The Rubaiyat of Omer Khayyam(3) [Archives:2005/905/Culture]

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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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