The Rubaiyat: Quatrain L

The Ball no Question makes of Ayes and Noes,
But Right or Left as strikes the Player goes;
And He that toss'd Thee down into the Field,
He knows about it all--He knows--HE knows!

This is the fiftieth quatrain of the FitzGerald's Rubaiyat. As with the similar themes that was presented in the previous quatrains, one about the Player controlling what the pieces do and the lowly and unaware pieces have no choice. All has already been decided, all is predisposed. What we think is free choice and free will is in fact, actions of someone higher. The Ball has no choice of left or right or of Yes or No other than do what (or does) what the Player decides. And this Player know it all. Like pieces of chess, whose victories and tragedies, and their valor and intrigue are nothing but the makings of the Player. Maybe what we have is same. All this for a game, all this is just a game!