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1708
II. 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." III. And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before The Tavern shouted  "Open then the Door. You know how little while we have to stay, And, once departed, may return no more." 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 AND AS THE COCK CREW THOSE WHO STOOD BEFORE THE TAVERN SHOUTED OPEN THEN THE DOOR YOU KNOW HOW LITTLE WHILE WE HAVE TO STAY AND ONCE DEPARTED MAY RETURN NO MORE
 the other.] [Footnote 8: A note to Quatrain 234 admits that, however clear the mystical meaning of such Images must be to Europeans, they are not quoted without "rougissant" even by laymen in Persia--"Quant aux termes de tendresse qui commencent ce quatrain, comme tant d'autres dans ce recueil, nos lecteurs, habitues maintenant a 1'etrangete des expressions si souvent employees par Kheyam pour rendre ses pensees sur l'amour divin, et a la singularite des images trop orientales, d'une sensualite quelquefois revoltante, n'auront pas de peine a se persuader qu'il s'agit de la Divinite, bien que cette conviction soit vivement discutee par les moullahs musulmans, et meme par beaucoup de laiques, qui rougissent veritablement d'une pareille licence de leur compatriote a 1'egard des choses spirituelles."] First Edition I. Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultan's Turret in a Noose of Light.  O THE RUBAIAT OF OMAR KHAYENNE BY OMAR KHAYEM TRANSLATED BY EDWARD FITZGERALD THIS IS A LIBER BOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBER BOX DOT ORG THE RUBAIAT OF OMAR KHAYAM BY OMAR KHAYAM TRANSLATED BY EDWARD FITZGERALD AWAKE FOR MORNING AND THE BOWL OF NIGHT HAS FLUNG THE STONE THAT PUTS THE STARS TO FLIGHT AND LO THE HUNTER OF THE EAST HAS CAUGHT THE SULTAN'S TURRET IN A NOOSE OF LIGHT
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