Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LVIII
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LVIII
Omar Khayyam
Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
And who with Eden didst devise the Snake;
For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man
Is blacken'd, Man's Forgiveness give--and take!
KUZA--NAMA. ("Book of Pots")
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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