Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXXII
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain LXXII
Omar Khayyam
Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose!
That Youth's sweet-scented Manuscript should close!
The Nightingale that in the Branches sang,
Ah, whence, and whither flown again, who knows!
Verse breaks and indentation are preserved. Wrapped lines have a hanging indent. Width adapts to your screen.
Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
Read the original source ↗
