The Sufism of the Rubáiyát12Norton F. W. Hazeldine translationChapter navigation104 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE SUFISM OF THE RUBÁIYÁTPREFACENOTES123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100Previous chapter ←11Next chapter →13All chapters and sections (104)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE SUFISM OF THE RUBÁIYÁTPREFACENOTES123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100The book of life beneath the [11]tree, a [12]jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou, oh Memory, well stored with sacred lore, What wilderness of life doth not then a paradise become?◇Notes in this chapterNote 1 · The Tree of Knowledge.Note 2 · The jug of wine here denotes the life of opportunities, the loaf of bread experience, with which we wisdom learn and thus memory perfect.← 1113 →