The Ruba'iyat . the shears of doom cut the tent-rope of his existence,and the broker of hope2 sold him for a mere song. 23-Khayyam, why mourn thus for thy sins ? from grieving thus what advantage, more or less, dost thou gain ?Mercy was never for him who sins not,mercy is granted for sins—why then grieve ? cell, and college, and monastery, and synagogue 1are those who fear hell and those who seek after heaven ; 142 Notes 2 Literally, in the stomach of his heart. C , P., N., and W. , in his own bowels (or heart). W. appends a note : Meaningsouls reabsorbed into th
The Ruba'iyat . the shears of doom cut the tent-rope of his existence,and the broker of hope2 sold him for a mere song. 23-Khayyam, why mourn thus for thy sins ? from grieving thus what advantage, more or less, dost thou gain ?Mercy was never for him who sins not,mercy is granted for sins—why then grieve ? cell, and college, and monastery, and synagogue 1are those who fear hell and those who seek after heaven ; 142 Notes 2 Literally, in the stomach of his heart. C , P., N., and W. , in his own bowels (or heart). W. appends a note : Meaningsouls reabsorbed into the Divine essence have no concern with the materialheaven or hell. I think the simplicity of the original sufficiently conveys thewriters meaning. 25In this precise form this quatrain is. as far as my researches go, only to befound in this MS and in L , where it is No 96, with trifling verbal variations,and B 92 ; but a variant so close in general form and meaning as to be readilyreferred to as identical is P.
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