Friday, May 4, 2012

OMAR KHAYYAM - LOVERS ARE AT HOME IN HEAVEN AND IN HELL

Seekers of the truth look at the
lovely and the ugly
as the same.
Lovers are at home
in heaven and in hell.
Those who’ve lost their hearts can
dress in satin or sack cloth;
the infatuated
do not know if they are laying
down their heads in clouds or
resting them on earthen bricks.


Translated by Juan Cole
from [pdf] Whinfield 128
I've enjoyed immensely Juan's series translations of Omar Khayyam.

Juan Cole at Informed Comment.

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