"Those who Stood before the Tavern" - FitzGerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

"Those who Stood before the Tavern" - FitzGerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

The third quatrain attributed to Omar Khayyám in FitzGerald’s first edition of the Rubáiyát is from the manuscript dated 1460 in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, which I translated in full (see below). III. And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before The Tavern shouted — “Open then the Door! “You know how little while we have to stay, “And, once departed, may return no more.” This is Bodleian 140: آنند که ز پیش رفته اند ای ساقی در خاک غرور خفت…