Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion
Posted on 10/02/2012 by Juan Cole
I sip at wine, but never to get drunk,
and I assail no one, save for my glass.
I venerate the finest vintage so
as to avoid self-worship of your sort.
Translated by Juan Cole
from Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, [pdf] Whinfield 337
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Once again, wonderful.
The link to the original doesn’t work
Should go to a pdf of the book; then you have to scroll down.