Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi - Rubaiyat 41

I wish that fate would cease this carnage,
And to the lovers give their due wage.
In times of youth the rein in my hands,
Now on the saddle, I ride in old age.

Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi

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