Now Ramazan is past, Shawwal comes back,

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Now Ramazan is past, Shawwal comes back, by Omar Khayyam

Now Ramazan is past, Shawwal comes back,
And feast and song and joy no more we lack;
The wine-skin carriers throng the streets and cry,
«Here comes the porter with his precious pack.»

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