by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation © by Gilbert Lazard (b. 1920)
Language: Persian (Farsi)
از روی حقیقتی نه از روی مجاز ما لعبتگانیم و فلک لعبت باز بازیچه همی کنیم بر نطع وجود رفتیم بصندوق عدم یک یک باز
Authorship:
- by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Gilbert Lazard (b. 1920) , copyright © ENG ; composed by Yassen Vodenitcharov.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Edward Heron-Allen) , no title, first published 1898
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Grolleau) , no title, first published 1902
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This text was added to the website: 2017-12-07
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Deuxième tableau
Language: French (Français)  after the Persian (Farsi)
En vérité très exacte et non point par métaphore [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Gilbert Lazard (b. 1920), copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Yassen Vodenitcharov (b. 1964), "Deuxième tableau", from Rubaiyat, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-07
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Word count: 40