[13] Look to the Rose that blows about us -- "Lo

by Omar Khayyam

English version by Edward FitzGerald
Original Language Persian/Farsi

Look to the Rose that blows about us -- "Lo,
"Laughing," she says, "into the World I blow:
     "At once the silken Tassel of my Purse
"Tear, and its Treasure on the Garden throw."

-- from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Omar Khayyam / Translated by Edward FitzGerald

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