I spent a lifetime romancing
with wine and roses,
but none of my efforts
ever went right;
since none of my desires
was fulfilled through wine,
I’ve given up on what is past.
Translated by Juan Cole
from [pdf] Whinfield 56
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I am very much enjoying your translations of Omar Khayyam, but I don’t get over here in time to catch them all. I don’t suppose you could “tag” them so it would be easier to find them? Not that I don’t get a lot out of your other posts, but the poetry is wonderful.