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Rubai · 11th–12th centuryDraft

The Cloud Wept on the Grass

Omar Khayyamخیام

ابر آمد و باز بر سر سبزه گریست

The cloud came and wept again upon the grass;

بی بادهٔ گلرنگ نمی‌باید زیست

without rose-coloured wine one should not live.

این سبزه که امروز تماشاگه ماست

This grass that is our pleasure-ground today:

تا سبزهٔ خاک ما تماشاگه کیست

whose pleasure-ground will the grass from our dust be?

Translation
Persiahaus Editors
Source
Draft translation from the Ganjoor text

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