The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

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 Sultán's Turret in a Noose of Light.

Introduction: In 1861 a bundle of pamphlets was placed on a second-hand bookstall in London for clearance at a penny apiece.
- Version "Published for the Classics Club"

Quotations

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on;

Last words

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Disambiguation notice

The Edward FitzGerald translations of The Rubáiyát of Omar Kayyam into English are generally considered to have been paraphrased to the point that "inspired by" may be more accurate than "translated from." Most popular English language editions of the Rubáiyát use the FitzGerald verses both because of their intrinsic value and because it is no longer in copyright. This work consists of all editions that can reasonably be attributed to FitzGerald, by means of title, ISBN or author credit. Books that contain bits of Fitzgerald as well as other, more literal translations are combined with the Persian original and other translations of the Rubáiyát here. Please do not combine this FitzGerald work with other translations.

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Persian

Canonical DDC/MDS

891.5511

Canonical LCC