by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
A moment guess'd ‑‑ then back behind the...
Language: English  after the Persian (Farsi)
A moment guess'd -- then back behind the Fold Immerst of Darkness round the Drama roll'd Which, for the Pastime of Eternity, He does Himself contrive, enact, behold.
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Authorship:
- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 53, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 52, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 52, first published 1868 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "A moment guess'd -- then back behind the Fold", published 1906 [ soli, chorus, and orchestra ], from Omar Khayyám, Part I, no. 52, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-21
Line count: 4
Word count: 27