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The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam (Ghiyāth al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī)

poetry · Item 325

A reason to turn the page

Life flies; promises of hell or paradise blur—only the flower's brief bloom is certain.

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Of threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise! One thing at least is certain--This Life flies; One thing is certain and the rest is Lies; The Flower that once has blown for ever dies.