the cup

“Ah! my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears

Today of past Regrets and future Fears –

Tomorrow? – Why, Tomorrow I may be

Myself with Yesterday’s Sev’n Thousand Years.”

© Omar Khayyam (Tr. FitzGerald)

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Thinking about this quatrain, I wrote two haiku and a shadorma:

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lines we write
fill pages like cups
cares take flight

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melodies
lighten heavy hearts
sips of joy

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I want to
know the cup that clears
all regrets
all terror,
live in a Flow of being,
taste the depth of Now

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©2017 Ontheland

Many thanks to Chèvrefeuille who has been providing posts that illuminate Rubaiyat quatrains of 12th century poet Omar Khayyam. Today I respond to Carpe Diem #1232–past regrets and future fears.  I am also appreciating  Shadorma November, a community opportunity to explore the shadorma, a poem of 6 lines of 3-5-3-3-7-5 syllables.