Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XXIX
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XXIX
Omar Khayyam
Into this Universe, and why not knowing,
Nor whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing:
And out of it, as Wind along the Waste,
I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing.
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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