In this lesson, we go over the following lines of the poem:   

chon āghebaté kāré jahān neestee hast
چون عاقِبَتِ کارِ جَهان نیستی اَست
Since the end of the affairs of the world is nothingness

engār ké neestee, chō hastee, khosh bāsh
اِنگار کِه نیستی، چو هَستی خوش باش
suppose that you are not,  but while you are, be happy

After you've listened to this lesson, we would love to see videos of you reciting this poem in a beautiful location- please send your videos to [email protected]

Andak Andak, a poem by Rumi, and song by Shahram Nazeri, is a wonderful one to listen to about the concept of hastee and neestee. 

In this second part of the Persian language/Farsi lesson on Khayām's Khosh Bash we go over the following section of the poem, along with all the vocabulary and phrases associated with the words learned:

خیام اگر ز باده مستی خوش باشبا ماهرخی اگر نشستی خوش باش
khayām, agar zé bādé mastee, khosh bāshbā māh rokhee agar neshastee, khosh bāsh  
Edward Fitzgerald translation: Khayyam, if you are drunk with wine, be happy.If you have sat with a beloved who has a face like the moon, be happy.