Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XL
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XL
Omar Khayyam
You know, my Friends, how long since in my House
For a new Marriage I did make Carouse:
Divorced old barren Reason from my Bed,
And took the Daughter of the Vine to Spouse.
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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