The Rubayyat 

Poetry of Persia often has two meanings, one inner and one outer. Once one discovers the beauty of the invisible castle of inner wisdom in Persian poetry, this dream castle of truth, which can be seen by many penetrating eye, would be a haven for many shelter-seeking sould invaded by enemy armies of ignorance .....  

I.
AWAKE! for Morning in the Bowl of Night
Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:
And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
The Sultan's Turret in a Noose of Light.

 

II.
Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky
I heard a voice within the Tavern cry,
"Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup
Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry."

 

III.
And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before
The Tavern shouted -- "Open then the Door!
You know how little while we have to stay,
And, once departed, may return no more."