what is the average number of letters in the words of this verse? whether at Naishapur or Babylon Whether the cup with sweet or bitter run,The wine of life keeps oozing drop by drop,The leaves of life keep falling one by one.

To find the average number of letters in the words of the given verse, follow these steps:

1. Count the total number of letters in the verse:
- Naishapur: 10 letters
- or: 2 letters
- Babylon: 7 letters
- Whether: 7 letters
- the: 3 letters
- cup: 3 letters
- with: 4 letters
- sweet: 5 letters
- or: 2 letters
- bitter: 6 letters
- run: 3 letters
- The: 3 letters
- wine: 4 letters
- of: 2 letters
- life: 4 letters
- keeps: 5 letters
- oozing: 6 letters
- drop: 4 letters
- by: 2 letters
- drop: 4 letters
- The: 3 letters
- leaves: 6 letters
- of: 2 letters
- life: 4 letters
- keep: 4 letters
- falling: 7 letters
- one: 3 letters
- by: 2 letters
- one: 3 letters

Total number of letters: 10 + 2 + 7 + 7 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 2 + 6 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 7 + 3 + 2 + 3 = 132 letters

2. Count the total number of words in the verse:
- The verse consists of 26 words.

3. Calculate the average number of letters per word:
- Average = Total number of letters / Total number of words
- Average = 132 letters / 26 words
- Average ≈ 5.08

Therefore, the average number of letters in the words of the given verse is approximately 5.08.