This quatrain by Omar Khayyam says:
“Since no one is promised the day of tomorrow,
Keep your restless heart happy today.
Drink wine by the moonlight, O moonlike one,
For many a moon will shine and not find us here.”
چون عهده نمیشود کسی فردا را
حالی خوش دار این دل پر سودا را
می نوش به ماهتاب ای ماه که ماه
بسیار بتابد و نیابد ما را
In these tender and timeless lines, Khayyam reminds us of life’s impermanence.
Tomorrow is uncertain, no one can claim it, so why burden the heart with worry or regret?
He turns to his beloved, calling them “moonlike,” and invites them to share wine under the gentle glow of the moon.
But beneath the beauty of this moment lies a quiet truth:
One day, the moon will still rise, the world will go on, but we will be gone.
This is Khayyam’s gentle call to awaken, to live now, to love now, to savor the fleeting light of the present.
Every moon that rises is both a reminder and a farewell.
So before the moon forgets us, let’s not forget to live.
