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by: Omar Khayyam
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 891
EAN: 9780974566719
ISBN: 0974566713
Label: Bardic Press
Manufacturer: Bardic Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 212
Publication Date: July 02, 2005
Publisher: Bardic Press
Sales Rank: 349411
Studio: Bardic Press
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Though few translations have had as much impact as Edward Fitzgerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, anyone who wishes to truly appreciate Omar Khayyám needs to read more than one translation. This volume contains Edward Fitzgerald's classic translation with all its variations, Justin McCarthy's elegant and mystical literal translation and Richard Le Gallienne's sharp and poetic version. For the first time the reader can appreciate the range of Omar Khayyám and his interpreters in a single volume. Give me a flagon of red wine, a book of verses, a loaf of bread, and a little idleness. If with such store I might sit by thy dear side in some lonely place, I should deem myself happier than a king in his kingdom.
A book, a woman, and a flask of wine: The three make heaven for me; it may be thine Is some sour place of singing cold and bare— But then, I never said thy heaven was mine.
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Rating: - Excellent work by Richard Le Gallienne
I should start off by saying that I am not familiar with Omar Khayyam or his work. I should also state that Richard La Gallienne's translation is likely completely unlike the literal translation. His effort was only to produce a witty and stylish version reminiscent of Khayyam's original intent. From what I have read, it is excellent on its own. I do not generally go in for poetry, but found that I couldn't stop reading this work. Here are some especially interesting excerpts:
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