Quatrain 5
Quatrain 5 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Though I possess beauty's color and fragrance rare
With tulip cheeks and cypress-like stature fair
هر چند که رنگ و بوی زیباست مرا
چون لاله رخ و چو سرو بالاست مرا
Still unknown why in this earthly house of joy
The Eternal Painter chose to make me so fair
معلوم نشد که در طربخانهٔ خاک
نقاش ازل بهر چه آراست مرا
Quatrain 5
Book: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Author: Ghiyasoldin Abolfath Omar ebn Ebrahim Khayyam Neyshaburi