In this quatrain Omar Khayyam attempts to comprehend life and our place in the universe. He regards death and human fate as mysteries he cannot decipher. His pondering highlights our human predicament—awareness that death of our physical bodies is certain. Birds on the other hand are free of such thoughts:
at sunrise
birds praising their Creator
without questions
© Chèvrefeuille
at sunrise
a human being
welcomes dawn
gazes at the sky
wonders about life
©2017 Ontheland
My tanka is in response to the above quatrain from the Rubaiyat and to the haiku by Chevrefeuille. Carpe Diem #1304 The Seventh Gate.
Ontheland 
A perfect description of sunrise and birds. (K)
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Glad you enjoyed Chèvrefeuille’s haiku. I certainly did (do) as it captured a floating thought perfectly.
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Superb! 😎😎😎😎😎
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Thank you Dorna 🙂
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Janice you bring the wonderment of experiencing sunrise to life in this poem.
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thank you Denis
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