Omar Khayyam (137) : … Wounded the Heart…

Juan Cole 06/16/2012

The one who made
the heavens and the earth
has wounded the heart
of many a mourner;
he has put many ruby lips
and perfumed locks
six feet beneath the ground.

Translated by Juan Cole
from Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, [pdf] Whinfield 137

About the Author

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