Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LV
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LV
Omar Khayyam
The Vine had struck a Fibre; which about
If clings my Being--let the Sufi flout;
Of my Base Metal may be filed a Key,
That shall unlock the Door he howls without.
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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