Quatrain 49

Quatrain 49 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

In every field where tulips grew in grace

Was once a monarch's blood that stained that place

در هر دشتی که لاله‌زاری بوده‌ست

از سرخی خون شهریاری بوده‌ست

Each violet shoot that grows from earth's dark bed

Was once a mole upon a beauty's face

هر شاخ بنفشه کز زمین می‌روید

خالی‌ست که بر رخ نگاری بوده‌ست