The Ruba'iyat . jljJU da, Jy ^»J5 j*S> ^y^, yesterday thy amorous glance gave to the Shah of Babylon5the moves of the Knight, the Castle, the Bishop, the Pawn,and the 47-Since life passes;1 what is Baghdad2 and what is Balkh ?3When the cup is full, what matter if it be sweet or bitter ?4Drink wine, for often, after thee and me, this moonwill pass on from the last day of the month to the first, andfrom the first to the those who draw the pure date wine 1and those who spend the night in prayer,2 13. 166 Notes When the pure soul is on the point of departure,What if one die
The Ruba'iyat . jljJU da, Jy ^»J5 j*S> ^y^, yesterday thy amorous glance gave to the Shah of Babylon5the moves of the Knight, the Castle, the Bishop, the Pawn,and the 47-Since life passes;1 what is Baghdad2 and what is Balkh ?3When the cup is full, what matter if it be sweet or bitter ?4Drink wine, for often, after thee and me, this moonwill pass on from the last day of the month to the first, andfrom the first to the those who draw the pure date wine 1and those who spend the night in prayer,2 13. 166 Notes When the pure soul is on the point of departure,What if one dies on a throne or on the face of the earth 85 Here will be observed an echo of concluding quatrains The PMS. for Drink wine ! reads the equally recurrent Be happy ! This quatrain is P. 214, B. 283, and W. 222, derived from this MS., andNo. 287 of the Lucknow edition. 1. L. reads shrrSb for nabiz. — pure wine. P. reads continual draughtsof date wine = mudam. Vide note 2, q. 117. 2. Literally, and those who by night are always at the Mihrab. (Videq. 2, note 1.) L. for hemishih gives the synonym mudiXm* There are other equallyunimportant variations in L. o^- (5) ^j d^ (*) & ** (3) eM (2) o^0^ (l) &f. j+9 OjjS** (J** (J) ^X*I t^-Jb ^l&. ,j~~» (C) **-•! o .,L~ 1H1 0U. m* ^j jU»T 0>=. (8) £ **? j ^ejs*. c^i I. rljo. (11) IjJJ U (10) rlju. (9) 3. i.«., Not one is sure , all are at sea Cf. M., 1. 387. C/. Shahbistari,Guhhan % raz, 1. 27. , 4. is., God. Compare F. v. 51: They change and perish
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