The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam (Ghiyāth al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī)
poetry · Item 205And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before The Tavern shouted--"Open then the Door! "You know how little while we have to stay, And, once departed, may return no more."