Here’s to the man Who owns the land That bears the grapes That makes the wine That tastes as good As this does.
OMAR KHAYYAMDrink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
More Omar Khayyam Quotes
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Justice is the soul of the universe.
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Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.
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Thy Return is as another Sun to Heaven; a new Rose blooming in the Garden of the Soul.
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The wine-cup is the little silver well, Where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell.
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This body is a tent which for a space Does the pure soul with kingly presence grace; When he departs, comes the tent-pitcher, Death, Strikes it, and moves to a new halting-place.
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Why ponder thus the future to foresee, and jade thy brain to vain perplexity? Cast off thy care, leave Allah’s plans to him – He formed them all without consulting thee.
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I have not asked for life. But I try to accept whatever life brings without surprise. And I shall depart again without having questioned anyone about my strange stay here on earth.
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If I don’t enjoy myself now, when shall I?
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The rose that once has bloomed forever dies.
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Oh! My beloved! fill the cup, that clears to-day of past regrets and future fears.
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A drink is shorter than a tale.
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The unbeliever knows his Koran best.
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I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
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Heaven has not learned of my arrival, and my departure will not in the least diminish it beauty and grandeur. I will sleep underground, for us ephemeral mortals, the only eternity is the moment and drinking to the moment is better than weeping for it.
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Give me a flagon of red wine, a book of verses, a loaf of bread, and a little idleness. If with such store I might sit by thy dear side in some lonely place, I should deem myself happier than a king in his kingdom.
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