Quatrain 16
Quatrain 16 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
This jug that serves as a laborer's drinking vessel now
Was once a king's eye and a vizier's heart somehow
این کوزه که آبخوارهٔ مزدوریست
از دیدهٔ شاهی و دل دستوریست
Each wine cup that rests in a drunkard's hand today
Was once a beauty's cheek or a veiled lip's sway
هر کاسهٔ می که بر کف مخموریست
از عارض مستی و لب مستوریست
Quatrain 16
Book: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Author: Ghiyasoldin Abolfath Omar ebn Ebrahim Khayyam Neyshaburi