A good addition to read for those who enjoyed the Rumi post

In case you enjoy the Persian/Afghan/Urdu goodness of last time--then keep looking below and discover one of the classics!

WAKE! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight
 The Stars before him from the Field of Night,
   Drives Night along with them from Heav'n, and strikes 
The Sultan's Turret with a Shaft of Light.

Start here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam




Then go here:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/246

To get the Fitzgerald version of the work!

And if you don't have time to appreciate the book, at least take a minute looking at this statue and appreciate the man's beard. 't's a good 'un. Dude could easily be the statue of a Greek god in the Parthenon.



This is a particularly beautiful edition in PDF, but just a sample from a nice book (expensive) edition.

http://www.irandokht.com/images/Khayyam_English.pdf

A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness—
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!



And just for fun (from nataliedee.com):