dlbassman politiku journal

Rubaiyat Valentine (february 2026) Happy Valentines Day, and a note to those who face the advent of aging! (paraphrased from Fitzgeralds Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam) wake - the sun scatters night and strikes the sultans spire with a noose of light within the tavern a voice methought cries - why stands the seeker outside the hand of moses puts out on the bough - jesus from the ground suspires ----- iram has long been gone and jamshyd's cup to where - but grapes adorn the vine davids lips are locked but the red cheeked nightengale pipes to the rose - wine! ----- come rejoice in spring the bird of time flutters - lo she is on the wing walk with me the path that blooms 'tween desert and sown - peace to mahmuds throne verses 'neath the bough a jug of wine - bread - and thou is heaven en'ough take the cash and let the credit go - heed not beat of a distant drum