Versos English Omar Khayyam Lxxxvi

English poem

Lxxxvi

by (1048–1131)

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A beggar am I; yet enamoured of one of cypress mould: One in whose belt the hand bides only with silver and with gold.

Bring wine! let first the hand of Háfiz The cheery cup embrace! Yet only on one condition-- No word beyond this place!