Omar Khayyam (125)

Juan Cole 05/01/2012

That lapis lazuli dome
and golden tray
have turned time and again,
and will revolve yet more.
We, too, by the command of fate,
arrived and left again.

Translated by Juan Cole
from [pdf] Whinfield 125

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page