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Whether at Naishapur or Babylon,
Whether the cup with sweet or bitter run,
The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop,
The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.
From the Rabaiyat of Omar Khayyan (trans. Edward Fitzgerald)
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As the cherry-blossom buds prepare to burst, bloom and die, I thought this bit of verse particularly fitting!
R J F Villar
Whether at Naishapur or Babylon,
Whether the cup with sweet or bitter run,
The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop,
The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.
From the Rabaiyat of Omar Khayyan (trans. Edward Fitzgerald)
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As the cherry-blossom buds prepare to burst, bloom and die, I thought this bit of verse particularly fitting!
R J F Villar
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