Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain L
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain L
Omar Khayyam
The Ball no Question makes of Ayes and Noes,
But Right or Left as strikes the Player goes;
And He that toss'd Thee down into the Field,
He knows about it all--HE knows--HE knows!
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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