We come and go, but for the gain, where is it?

For works with similar titles, see The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

We come and go, but for the gain, where is it? by Omar Khayyám of Nishapur, translated by Edward Henry Whinfield

The original text in Persian (Farsi)

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We come and go, but for the gain, where is it?
And spin life's woof, but for the warp, where is it?
And many a righteous man has burned to dust
In heaven's blue rondure, but their smoke, where is it?[1]