Lute

Lute is a piece that was inspired by Rubiyat of Omar al Khayyam...Which were some of the most amazing poetry that I have ever read (whether Arabic or English). This piece is quite dear to my heart...

One cannot grasp the beauty of this land,
Or the winnowing winds by the golden sand.
One cannot count God's ways in every thing,
Or how everything is set by His hand.
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All that I saw was a dreary view,
Today I can only see me and you.
And though the summer moon does not smile much,
I cannot help but see it do.
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Had I been told my time was near,
And that Death's shadow was always here,
I would have laughed and screamed at once,
I would have talked just to hear.
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Do not fret or turn astray,
Do not turn your head away.
For life's gall is drunk once and one feels,
Its bitterness everyday.
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One cannot die and one cannot live,
If one hasn't learned to give.
And I learned to love all that I feared,
I learned to laugh and forgive.
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I used to wonder if one can live and die,
Or if an honest man can steal and lie.
I wonder no more for I have no sense,
Of wonder and I barely have enough breath to sigh.