Omar Khayyam (138) “Don’t throw your precious lives to the wind…”

Posted on 06/18/2012 by Juan Cole

Don’t fall for this world’s 
enticements, you amateurs!
You know all about its tricks.
Don’t throw your precious lives 
to the wind.
Get yourself a lover
and open a bottle of wine.

Translated by Juan Cole
from Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, [pdf] Whinfield 138

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