Don’t try every door
because of some bauble;
you just have to accept
the good and bad of your time;
a shake of the cup
and a toss of the dice–
whatever comes up,
you’ll just have to play it.
Translated by Juan Cole
from Whinfield 31 .
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Thanks for that quote. It is something I needed to read. I am going to carry it with me memorized. In this time we brothers in humanity are sorely tested. It is extremely hard to walk in the manner those words imply, but we try.
Oh that is a nice one!
Thanks, Juan. I’m enjoying your translations of Omar Khayyam immensely.