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The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam (view source)
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Beside me singing in the Wilderness—<br>
Beside me singing in the Wilderness—<br>
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!<br>
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!<br>
Another famous poem is featured in the musical [[Kismet]]:
The Moving Finger writes; and having writ,<br>
Moves on; nor all your Piety nor Wit<br>
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,<br>
Nor all your tears wash out a word of it.<br>
FitzGerald's translation is not literal. FitzGerald believed he was being true to the spirit of the original.
FitzGerald's translation is not literal. FitzGerald believed he was being true to the spirit of the original.
[[Category:Poetry|Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, The]]
[[Category:Poetry|Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, The]]