Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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The opening
I.
Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultán’s Turret in a Noose of Light.
II.
Dreaming when Dawn’s Left Hand was in the Sky, I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, “Awake, my Little ones, and fill the cup Before Life’s Liquor in its Cup be dry.”
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