Persian miniaturist-style fresco, late-16th/early-17th century
Chehel Sotoun Palace, Isfahan, Iran
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'Drink wine in the company of lithe creatures who ravish hearts with the vermillion of their cheeks.
You have been bitten by the serpent of chagrin; friend, drink of the antidote (1)!
I drink and treat myself, may it bring me good fortune!
Yet if you drink not, what should I do? Go, then, and eat dirt (2).'
Omar Khayyam, The Rubaiyat (quatrain 213)
(1) Wine
(2) Go and eat dirt, stones – meaning “may you die”, “may the Devil take you”, etc.
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