Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XXVIII
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XXVIII
Omar Khayyam
With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow,
And with my own hand labour'd it to grow:
And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd--
"I came like Water, and like Wind I go."
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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