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Now that you’re old, drink wine, a glass or two—

Drink, though your hands shake, as you used to do;

What games the heavens have played with you! Drink wine,

And laugh at everything they’ve done to you.

Khalili/Davis

Khayyam, if wine’s unmanned you, never fear, enjoy!

And if you’re sitting with your lover here, enjoy!

Think how the world, and you, will end in nothingness:

Now that you’re here, before you disappear, enjoy!

Khayyam/Davis