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