Listen to:
Angel of the Darker Drink (:47)
by Omar Khayyam
translated by Edward Fitzgerald
performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, verses 42-43
translated by Edward Fitzgerald
XLII
And if the Wine you drink, the Lip you press
End in what All begins and ends in--Yes;
Think then you are To-day what Yesterday
You were--To-morrow You shall not be less.
XLIII
So when that Angel of the darker Drink
At last shall find you by the river-brink,
And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul
Forth to your Lips to quaff--you shall not shrink.
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