The Moving Finger writes; and having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
This is the fifty-first quatrain of the FitzGerald's Rubaiyat. The themes of this quatrains is same as the one before. We do not have control over our destiny. We may do whatever we may like (pray or argue) but that will not roll back or change what has been determined for us. We are just pawns in this game for the powers that are outside of our control. The Moving finger (as in who is writing the fate) and having written moves on. The mortal lamentations and arguments and religious devoutness will not make it cancel half a line. All our tears will not wash away a word of what has been written.
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