Omar Khayyam (493) "I passed a potter at his wheel"

Omar Khayyam (493) “I passed a potter at his wheel”

Posted on 07/17/2012 by Juan Cole

The other day I passed a potter at
his wheel, displaying every moment a
new skill; and it occurred to me, though one
less clear-eyed wouldn’t see it: It is
our ancestors’ clay in a potter’s hands!

Translated by Juan Cole
from Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, [pdf] Whinfield 493

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