Here and There

Besotted, as I am, with astronomer, poet, and philosopher, Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat (simply translated as 'quatrains'), I cannot conceal my desire to post just one more, espousing the myth of the afterlife, and the futility in planning for one. Bare in mind that this was written well before the birth of Geoffrey Chaucer, at a time when Sufism and Mohammedan pervaded, occupied, and governed the lives and regions of Khayyam's contemporaries in Persia. I hope you'll agree that the inclusion of the first line very brilliantly attacks the basic teaching of Jesus of Nazareth, which can only make sense, morally and conecptually, if you believe the world to be coming to an end.

Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare
And those that after a TO-MORROW stare,
A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries,
"Fools! your Reward is neither Here nor There!"