Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion
Posted on 06/16/2012 by Juan Cole
The one who made
the heavens and the earth
has wounded the heartÂ
of many a mourner;
he has put many ruby lips
and perfumed locks
six feet beneath the ground.
Translated by Juan Cole
from Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, [pdf] Whinfield 137
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Indeed the god of The Book is the killer of romance and poetry. He has “wounded the heart
of many a mourner…”
The mourners obviously came before the murder.
To mourn is to be human. It is a fatal state.
What did they mourn first?
I suggest the notion of god.
I think Bro. Khayyam would agree.
What do you think, Juan?