Listen to:
Like an Empty Cup (:59)
by Omar Khayyam
translated by Edward Fitzgerald
performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, verses 38-40
translated by Edward Fitzgerald
XXXVIII
And has not such a Story from of Old
Down Man's successive generations roll'd
Of such a clod of saturated Earth
Cast by the Maker into Human mould?
XXXIX
And not a drop that from our Cups we throw
For Earth to drink of, but may steal below
To quench the fire of Anguish in some Eye
There hidden--far beneath, and long ago.
XL
As then the Tulip for her morning sup
Of Heav'nly Vintage from the soil looks up,
Do you devoutly do the like, till Heav'n
To Earth invert you--like an empty Cup.
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