Give me some, for I have lost my heartBoth traits from me have kept apartBring the wine whose reflection in the cupSignals to all the kings whose times are upGive me wine, and with the reed-flute I will singWhen was Jamshid, and when Kavoos was kingBring me the elixir whose grace and alchemyBestows treasures, from…
May come, slave to the grape I stand confessed!Unloose, oh friend, the knot of thy heart’s care,Despite the warning that the Heavens reveal!For all his thought, never astronomerThat loosed the knot of Fate those Heavens conceal!Not all the changes that thy days unfoldShall rouse thy wonder; Time’s revolving sphereOver a thousand lives like thine has…
In times of youth the rein in my hands,Now on the saddle, I ride in old age.
How long upon our lives you prey?Why don’t you hunt our lives’ thief?
From head to foot an angel’s grace divineEnwrapped her; pure she was, spotless of sin;Fair as the moon her countenance, and wise;Lords of the kind and tender glance, her eyesWith an abounding loveliness did shine.Then said my heart: Here will I take my rest!This city breathes her love in every part.But to a distant bourne…
Let it cut more deep.Let it ferment and season youAs few humanOr even divine ingredients can.Something missing in my heart tonightHas made my eyes so soft,My voiceSo tender,My need of GodAbsolutelyClear.
