Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXV
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXV
Omar Khayyam
Then said another with a long-drawn Sigh,
"My Clay with long oblivion is gone dry:
But, fill me with the old familiar Juice,
Methinks I might recover by-and-bye!"
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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