Great Regulars: Meanwhile, let's raise a glass to a new year

in which the spirit of translation--the spirit, in fact, of the luminous conversation between Edward FitzGerald and Omar Khayyám--presides over public affairs, especially those in the Middle East. "Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,/Before we too into the Dust descend;/Dust into Dust, and under Dust, to lie,/Sans wine, sans Song, sans Singer and--sans End!"

from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week

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