by Omar Khayyam
trans by E fitzgerald 1898
XXLIX
One Moment in Annihilation's Waste
One Moment of the Well Of Life to taste
The stars are setting and the caravan
Starts for the Dawn of Nothing
-- Oh, make haste!
by Hannah Kahn
Ride a wild horse
with purple wings
Striped yellow and black
except his head
which must be red.
Ride a wild horse
against the sky -
hold tight to his wings
before you die
whatever else
you leave undone
once
ride a wild horse
into the sun.
