They tell you that heaven with houris is delightful;
I tell you that the juice of the grape is delightful.
Take the cash in hand and decline the loan:
Drumming’s more pleasant when heard from afar.
Translated by Juan Cole
from Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, [pdf] Whinfield 108
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