Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XXXVI
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XXXVI
Omar Khayyam
For in the Market-place, one Dusk of Day,
I watch'd the Potter thumping his wet Clay:
And with its all obliterated Tongue
It murmur'd--"Gently, Brother, gently, pray!"
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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