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Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam (170) “For a hand … which always grips a wine glass”

Juan Cole 07/04/2012

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For a hand like mine, 
which always grips a wine glass,
it would be a shame 
to put scripture or a rosary in it.
You’re a dry ascetic, 
and I’m a soused rascal, 
but don’t worry–
I’m too well watered
to burn in hell.

Translated by Juan Cole
from Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, [pdf] Whinfield 170

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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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