\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx4896\tx5616\tx6336\tx7056\ATXts240\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs24 The quatrains of Omar Khayyßm, a na
tive of Khorasan, are among the most widely read poems in the world. Khayyßm, an astronomer and author of scientific works, wrote solemn verses, imbued with a sense of melancholy and human resignation:\par
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\li720 Drink Wine in the Moonlight,\par
For the Moon will long continue to shine,\par
but we shall no longer be here....\par
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and\par
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\li720 One thing is certain and the Rest is Lies,\par