From the cookery of this world, thou only absorbest

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From the cookery of this world, thou only absorbest by Omar Khayyam

From the cookery of this world, thou only absorbest
the smoke. How long, plunged in the search for being
and annihilation, wilt thou be the prey of sorrow? This
world contains only loss for those who attach themselves
to it. Now disregard this loss, and all for thee will
benefit become.

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