Love this guy

[Steve C]

Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky
I heard a voice within the Tavern cry,
'Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup
Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry.'

The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam

The whole thing and more is here The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam Poem by Omar Khayyam - Poem Hunter
Brings back special memories for me.

 

[Marc Joan]

Yes: great poem. Richard Burton did something similar -- the Kasidah -- but Fitzgerald's translation of the Rubaiyat is eternal.

 

[Geoff]

Brings back memories. I remember "having to" read it as a schoolboy, "having to" because I hated reading anything remotely akin to poetry in those days. It made me realise there was more to poetry than I thought.

 

[Steve C]

I was the same. I only read this guy because a long time ago girlfriend insisted on it and read him to me.
He liked his wine and good times did Omar and on top of his writing he was a renowned astrologer and mathematician