The Palace Where Jamshid Held the Cup
Omar Khayyamخیام
آن قصر که جمشید در او جام گرفت
That palace where Jamshid took up the cup:
آهو بچه کرد و روبه آرام گرفت
the deer has dropped her young there, and the fox has found its rest.
بهرام که گور می‌گرفتی همه عمر
Bahram, who spent his whole life hunting the wild ass,
دیدی که چگونه گور بهرام گرفت؟
did you see how the grave has taken Bahram?
A note for readers
A quatrain on fallen kings. Jamshid is the legendary king of the world-revealing cup, and Bahram Gur the Sasanian king famous for hunting the wild ass; the last line turns on gur, which means both ‘wild ass’ and ‘grave’. FitzGerald built one of his best-known stanzas on it (‘And Bahram, that great Hunter …’). As with all the Rubaiyat, it is uncertain whether Khayyam himself wrote it.
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