Ruba'iyat Of Omar Khayyam

220
One lot cogitates on the way of religion,
Another ponders on the path of mystical certainty;
But I fear one day the cry will go up,
'O you fools! Neither this nor that is the way!'

108
It is a flash from the stage of non-belief to faith,
There is no more than a syllable between doubt and certainty:
Prize this precious moment dearly,
It is our life's only fruit.

Tr., Avery and Heath-Stubbs.