Oh heart-seeker, raise the cup and the jug

By Omar Khayyam

Oh heart-seeker, raise the cup and the jug

Go back to the meadows on the stream’s verge:

This wheel has made many a radiant-cheeked, idol-form

Over and over again into cups and jugs.

By Omar Khayyam, translated by Peter Avery and John Heath-Stubbs, from The Ruba`iyat of Omar Khayyam (Penguin Books, 1984)