Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XLVII
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XLVII
Omar Khayyam
And if the Wine you drink, the Lip you press,
End in the Nothing all Things end in--Yes-
Then fancy while Thou art, Thou art but what
Thou shalt be--Nothing--Thou shalt not be less.
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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