Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXVI
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXVI
Omar Khayyam
So, while the Vessels one by one were speaking,
One spied the little Crescent all were seeking:
And then they jogg'd each other, "Brother! Brother!
Hark to the Porter's Shoulder-knot a-creaking!"
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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