Question

The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes--or it prospers meaning

Answer 1

The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes--or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face Lighting a little Hour or two--is gone.”

Answer 2

“The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes – or it prospers…”, the excerpt taken from The Hidden Truths in Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat explains that ignorant man expects a feeling of fulfilment and perfection from the earth and hen his desires are not fulfilled he enters the grave broken-hearted.

In contrary, this is not the case with the enlightened man, who does not hope anything from the earth, and thus seeking for the lasting reality, enters the world of eternal fulfilment.