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Monday 11 December 2017

Rubai - Sultan Murad II

Cup-bearer, bring, bring here again my
      yestereven's wine;
My harp and rebeck bring, them bid
      address this heart of mine:
Whilst still I live, 'tis meet that I should mirth
      and glee enjoy;
The day shall come when none may e'en my
      resting-place divine.

Sultan Murad II (1446 – 1451) Turkey
Translated by Elias John Wilkinson Gibb
Source: Ottoman literature; the poets and poetry of Turkey translated by Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, M.W. Dunne, 1901

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