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Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam (89)

Juan Cole 04/08/2012

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For a whole lifetime,
I’ve made praising wine
a constant exercise.
I always have its 
instruments around me.
Prude, if reason 
is your teacher here,
cheer up– for your teacher 
is my student.

Translated by Juan Cole
from [pdf] Whinfield 89

Filed Under: Omar Khayyam, Uncategorized

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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