O friend, come to me, and let us take no thought

Read 'O friend, come to me, and let us take no thought' by 'Omar Khayyam' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

O friend, come to me, and let us take no thought by Omar Khayyam

O friend, come to me, and let us take no thought
of to-day nor to-morrow, but consider our short instant
of existence as spoils. To-morrow, when we shall have
abandoned this old tent [the world], we shall be the
companions of those who left it seven thousand years
ago!

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