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[b]A book of verse[/b]

A book of verse, underneath the bough,
A jug of wine, a loaf of bread – and thou
Beside me singing in the wilderness –
Ah, wilderness were paradise now!

– Omar Khayyam

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mathsman · 70-79, M

The moving finger writes
And having writ moves on
And all thy poetry and wit
Do not undo one word of it

mathsman · 70-79, M

Nearly got it right from memory

“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”

miru11 · 36-40, F

@mathsman: nice one :)

mathsman · 70-79, M

@miru11: I like Burton's translation, he seems to capture the undersense without worrying too much about the words

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