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You know how little while we have to stay, And, once departed, may return no more.

Omar Khayyam
Life, Departed, Return
Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald, Christopher Decker (1997). “Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition”, p.121, University of Virginia Press
You know how little while we have to stay, And, once departed, may return no more.