A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyám English Translation: Fill up a cup from that jug of wine that has no harm, And give me another after that. Before we pass by on this journey, A potter will make a jug from both you and me.

A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyám English Translation: Heaven whispered secretly into my heart, "Do you know the decree that fate has assigned to me?" If in its rotations it had dealt me a bad hand, I would have saved myself from this wandering.

A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayy-ám English Translation: I pondered in the potter's workshop, And saw the master at the base of the wheel. Boldly he formed the pot's neck and head, From the skull of a king and the hand of a beggar.

A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam English Translation: Be happy, for your desires have matured today. They have become free from your longing today. What story can I tell? For at your request today, They have given you a promise for tomorrow's work.

A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam English Translation: Wherever I look, in every direction, A stream from the celestial river flows through the garden. The desert is like paradise, with its flowing, hidden river. Sit in paradise with a heavenly face.

A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam English Translation: How long shall we debate the numbers, O cupbearer? What does it matter if it's one or a hundred thousand, O cupbearer? We are all but dust, so strike up the music, O cupbearer. We are all but wind, so pour the …

A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam English Translation: I saw old age in the house of wine, And said, "Do you not bring news of those who have passed?" It replied, "Drink, for many like us have gone, And no news has ever returned."

A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam English Translation: Take up the goblet and ewer, O seeker of love, Sit carefree in the fields beside a stream; Many a dear one, by fortune's ill will, Has shattered a hundred goblets and ewers.

A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam English Translation: If I could find a berry on the branch of hope, I would also find the end of my own thread. How long must I remain in the narrow confines of this prison of existence? I wish I could find a door …

A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam English Translation: Yesterday, I dashed a glazed earthenware jug against a stone, Drunk, I committed this folly. The jug spoke to me in a silent language, saying: "I was like you, and you too shall be like me."

A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam English Translation: Oh, I wish you were a resting place, Or that the end of this long journey was near. I wish that after a hundred thousand years in the earth, You would sprout like a hopeful blade of grass.

A Beautiful Ghazal by Omar Khayyam English Translation: O friend, hear the truth from me: Be with ruby wine and a silver-body beloved. For he who created the world has leisure From the mustache of yours and a beard like mine.