Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XXXIX
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XXXIX
Omar Khayyam
How long, how long, in infinite Pursuit
Of This and That endeavour and dispute?
Better be merry with the fruitful Grape
Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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