Thursday, May 19, 2016

Angel of the Darker Drink


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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