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If an angle is sitting next to you, you are already in paradise even if you are living on earth. Today we explore Quatrain 169 form Rubaeiat of Omar Khayyam. I first read the original Persian poem and then its translation to English and a brief analysis.

چندانکه نگاه می کنم هر سویی
در باغ روانست ز کوثر جویی

صحرا چو بهشت است ز کوثر کم گوی
بنشین به بهشت با بهشتی رویی

As I gaze all around, in every direction,
A stream of Kawthar form paradise flows through the garden.

Speak less of Kawthar, this green field is like paradise,
Sit in paradise with a face like an angel.
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