Rubaiyaat iv & v

Let all vice be abolished

I say we need it not

I do not need to burn myself

To know that fire’s hot

You say I cannot know

Unless I partake as well

I say I can know heaven

Without being first in hell

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Rubaiyaat xiii-xv Rubaiyaat iix-x Rubaiyaat vi & vii Rubaiyaat i-iii