The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Translated by Edward FitzGerald
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The opening
First Edition
Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultan’s Turret in a Noose of Light.
Dreaming when Dawn’s Left Hand was in the Sky I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, “Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life’s Liquor in its Cup be dry.”
And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before The Tavern shouted—“Open then the Door. You know how little while we have to stay, And, once departed, may return no more.”
Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the WHITE HAND OF MOSES on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.
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About this edition
- The words
- Edward FitzGerald's English translation, copied word for word.
- Copied from
- Left out
- The source library's header, footer and license, in 2 places
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
- A preface, foreword or afterword, in 2 places
- Closing line ('It is finished' / 'The End') at the foot of the edition (HOUSE-STYLE §2) (2 blocks)