Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LIV
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LIV
Omar Khayyam
I tell Thee this--When, starting from the Goal,
Over the shoulders of the flaming Foal
Of Heav'n Parwin and Mushtari they flung,
In my predestin'd Plot of Dust and Soul
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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