Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain IX
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) — Quatrain IX
Omar Khayyam
But come with old Khayyam, and leave the Lot
Of Kaikobad and Kaikhosru forgot:
Let Rustum lay about him as he will,
Or Hatim Tai cry Supper--heed them not.
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Complete 75-quatrain first edition, 1859. FitzGerald’s free English rendering. · Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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