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Anita_a Posted 21 years ago

Love Life

0 In life devote yourself to joy and love 02br
00Behold the beauty of the peaceful dove 02br
00Those who live, in the end must all perish 02br
00Live as if you are already in heavens above. 02br
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00This is a translation of a Hindi poem of the poet Omar Khayyam . 0-
  

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0 That's not bad at all – it keeps the rhymes etc. I wonder whether it's possible to make two iambic pentameters of the last two lines, to match the first two! 02br 02br 00MrP 0-

— MrPedantic

  • 0 That's not bad at all – it keeps the rhymes etc.
  • I wonder whether it's possible to make two iambic pentameters of the last two lines, to match the first two!
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0 That's not bad at all – it keeps the rhymes etc. I wonder whether it's possible to make two iambic pentameters of the last two lines, to match the first two! 02br
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0 Thanks Mr.P? I tried iambic pentameters but failed. Can you please help? 02br
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00Could you please read the one called strange love story? That's a translation of a popular song. 0-
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0 Hello Anita! I have to log off now, but will look at the poems (and the rogue iambics!) when I next log on. 02br
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Another translation of Omar Khayyam ...

Why am I here? Why was I ever born?
Why do I have to leave with everyone's heart torn?
If the universal wisdom in me be sown
I’d never be born, stay or leave anybody alone.
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