Love

For some we loved, the loveliest and the best
That from his Vintage rolling Time hath prest,
Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before,
And one by one crept silently to rest.


Omar Khayyam

A Great Poetic Work
Translated by Edward FitzGerald

Ah Love

Ah Love! could you and I with Him conspire
To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire,
Would not we shatter it to bits - and then
Re-mold it nearer to the Heart's Desire!

Omar Khayyam
Translated by Edward FitzGerald