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That azure coloured vault and golden tray

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That azure coloured vault and golden tray by Omar Khayyam

That azure coloured vault and golden tray
Have turned, and will turn yet for many a day;
And just so we, impelled by turns of fate,—
Come here but for a while, then pass away.

Form: Rubai

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