In Heaven's name! with what hope does the sage attach

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In Heaven's name! with what hope does the sage attach by Omar Khayyam

In Heaven's name! with what hope does the sage attach
his heart to the illusory treasures of this palace of misfortune?
Oh! that the One who gave me the name of
drunkard would recant his error, for how can he see the
tavern's sign from his exalted abode.

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