Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XXXIII
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XXXIII
Omar Khayyam
Then to the rolling Heav'n itself I cried,
Asking, "What Lamp had Destiny to guide
Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?"
And--"A blind understanding!" Heav'n replied.
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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