Showing posts with label when I die...Juan Cole. Show all posts
Showing posts with label when I die...Juan Cole. Show all posts

Sunday, January 15, 2012

WHEN I DIE...

Omar Khayyam (5)

When I die,
prepare my body in wine,
and in place of a eulogy
lift a glass!
On Resurrection Day
you’ll find my dust
stirring beneath
the threshold
of the bar
.
translated by Juan Cole
From Whinfield 6

Lovely. I'd like such a sendoff.

Image from Wikipedia.