From The
Wine of Nishapur
Photographs by Shahrokh Golestan
Omar Khayyam poems translated by Karim Emami
Original caligraphy by Nassrollah Afje'i
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The caravan of life is fast on the march;
Seize your moment of fun, for it is a carnival.
Oh saki, why worry over what our companions may do?
Set forth the cups, for the night is on the march too.