Since each of these nights and each of these days cuts

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Since each of these nights and each of these days cuts by Omar Khayyam

Since each of these nights and each of these days cuts
off a part of thy existence, allow not the nights or the
days to cover thee with dust. Pass them gaily, for how
long, alas! shalt thou be absent, while the nights and
days will still be here!

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