Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XLV
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain XLV
Omar Khayyam
But leave the Wise to wrangle, and with me
The Quarrel of the Universe let be:
And, in some corner of the Hubbub coucht,
Make Game of that which makes as much of Thee.
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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