If from the commencement Thou hadst wished to make

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If from the commencement Thou hadst wished to make by Omar Khayyam

If from the commencement Thou hadst wished to make
me known to myself, why later, hast Thou separated me
from this myself? If from the first day Thy intention
was to abandon me, why hast Thou thrown me, all
amazed, into the midst of the world?

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