Carpe Diem #1296 Dawn's Left Hand

Kristjaan gives us this -- [for background, see the link]

Today's episode I have titled "dawn's left hand" and it's extracted from the 2nd quatrain of "The Rubaiyat". Let me first give you the 'original' quatrain in the first translation by Edward FitzGerald:

Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky
I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry,
"Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup
Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry."

© Omar Khayyam (Tr. FitzGerald)

In a later translation of "The Rubaiyat" this verse was translated in another way, more accesible for the reader:

Before the phantom of False morning died, 
Methought a Voice within the Tavern cried, 
"When all the Temple is prepared within, 
"Why nods the drowsy Worshiper outside?"

Inspired by this quatrain, a few thoughts:

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left hand of darkness

or perhaps left hand of light

which way shall i turn

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tricksy by false dawn

i surged forth to fill her cup

before she cried out

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early morning light

creeps through our bedroom window

witness to our joy

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wine in the morning

drunk by a sliver of light

now on to fasting

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indifferent to light

orb weaver spins her lace web

in empty wine cup

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what is the false dawn

to the devout moose and goose

in the dark forest

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