Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam Nishapuri (part 5)

ترکیب پیاله ای که در هم پیوست

بشکستن آن روا نمی دارد مست

چندین سرو پای نازنین از هردست

بر مهر که پیوست و به کین که شکست

Once a cup has been modeled,

A drunkard does not admit its being broken.

For what love, have so many fine heads and legs been shaped?

For what hatred, have they been crushed so scornfully?

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Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam Nishapuri (part 1)