Omar Khayyam (472) “Wine, you are my insane sweetheart”

Juan Cole 10/06/2012

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Wine, you are
my insane
sweetheart;
I hit the bottle and
have no fear of disgrace.
Drink so much Shiraz that
all who see, ask:
‘Barrels of fine vintage,
where did you
come from?’

Translated by Juan Cole
from Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat, [pdf] Whinfield 472

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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