Why argue on Yasin and on Barat?

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Why argue on Yasin and on Barat? by Omar Khayyam

Why argue on Yasin and on Barat?
Write me the draft for wine they call Barat!
The day my weariness is drowned in wine
Will seem to me as the great night Barat!

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