Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XLIV

Omar Khayyam· 1048 – 1131· Persian

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XLIV

Omar Khayyam

The mighty Mahmud, the victorious Lord,

That all the misbelieving and black Horde

Of Fears and Sorrows that infest the Soul

Scatters and slays with his enchanted Sword.

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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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