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Edward FitzGerald gave the title The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam to his translation of poetry attributed to the Persian poet, astronomer and mathematician Omar Khayyam (1048-1123). The word "Rubaiyat" means quatrains - verses of four lines. These works by Fitzgerald are the best known English translations. This edition contains both the first and fifth editions of the Rubaiyat. This influential translation is seen by many as a zenith of English literature in the nineteenth century. Fitzgerald states that his translation "will interest you from its form, and also in many respects in its detail: very unliteral as it is. Many quatrains are mashed together: and something lost, I doubt, of Omar's simplicity, which is so much a virtue in him." And, "I suppose very few People have ever taken such Pains in Translation as I have: though certainly not to be literal. But at all Cost, a Thing must live: with a transfusion of one's own worse Life if one can't retain the Original's better. Better a live Sparrow than a stuffed Eagle."
If you love poetry, then this is a must-read. Omar Khayyam was absolutely brilliant. Nevertheless, I could summarize the full Rubaiyat in one line: Drink more wine. There is no afterlife. Be happy in this life.
But hey, who reads poetry for anything but pleasure, right? It's never in the point.
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and numbering about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám (1048–1131), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. A ruba'i is a two-line stanza with two parts (or hemistichs) per line, hence the word rubáiyát (derived from the Arabic language root for "four"), meaning "quatrains".
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
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"
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on;
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
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 Rubáiyáthere. Please do not combine this FitzGerald work with other translations.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Edward FitzGerald gave the title The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam to his translation of poetry attributed to the Persian poet, astronomer and mathematician Omar Khayyam (1048-1123). The word "Rubaiyat" means quatrains - verses of four lines. These works by Fitzgerald are the best known English translations. This edition contains both the first and fifth editions of the Rubaiyat. This influential translation is seen by many as a zenith of English literature in the nineteenth century. Fitzgerald states that his translation "will interest you from its form, and also in many respects in its detail: very unliteral as it is. Many quatrains are mashed together: and something lost, I doubt, of Omar's simplicity, which is so much a virtue in him." And, "I suppose very few People have ever taken such Pains in Translation as I have: though certainly not to be literal. But at all Cost, a Thing must live: with a transfusion of one's own worse Life if one can't retain the Original's better. Better a live Sparrow than a stuffed Eagle."
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Nevertheless, I could summarize the full Rubaiyat in one line:
Drink more wine. There is no afterlife. Be happy in this life.
But hey, who reads poetry for anything but pleasure, right? It's never in the point.
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