Quatrain 174
Quatrain 174 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
If coming here had been my choice to make
When would I choose departure's path to take?
گر آمدنم به خود بُدی، نآمدمی
ور نیز شدن به من بُدی، کی شدمی
Better had it been in this ruined sphere
Never to come, to go, or be awake
بِه زان نَبُدی که اندر این دِیر خراب
نه آمدمی، نه شدمی، نه بُدَمی
Quatrain 174
Book: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Author: Ghiyasoldin Abolfath Omar ebn Ebrahim Khayyam Neyshaburi