This Wheel of Heaven runs after my death and thine,

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This Wheel of Heaven runs after my death and thine, by Omar Khayyam

This Wheel of Heaven runs after my death and thine,
my friend· it conspires against my soul and thine.
Come, seat thyself upon the turf, for, indeed, small time
remains to us before new turf shall germinate from my
dust and from thine.
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