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Why ponder thus the future to foresee,

Why ponder thus the future to foresee, by Omar Khayyam

Why ponder thus the future to foresee,
And jade thy brain to vain perplexity?
Cast off thy care, leave Allah's plans to him,
He formed them all without consulting thee.

Form: Iambic Pentameter

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