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by Envery Katibi

Translation © by Laura Prichard, Anyi Sharma

إِنْ كَانَ لَنَا أَنْ نَعْثُر...

Language: Arabic (العربية)

Our translations: ENG

إِنْ كَانَ لَنَا أَنْ نَعْثُر عَلَى الْفِرْدَوْسِ فَوْقَ وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ،
 فَفِي نَيْسَابُورْ.
 إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الْفِرْدَوْسُ فِي نَيْسَابُورْ،
 فَلَيْسَ ثَمَّةَ مِنْ فِرْدَوْسٍ.

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by Envery Katibi , "إِنْ كَانَ لَنَا أَنْ نَعْثُر..." [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Armand Robin (1912 - 1961) , "Un poème sur le pays natal de Khayam, par Envery", appears in Rubayat d'Omar Khayam, Éd. Club français du livre, first published 1958 ; composed by Germain Desbonnet.
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ENG English (Laura Prichard) (Anyi Sharma) , "If it is to be...", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2021-03-02
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Word count: 22

If it is to be...

Language: English after the Arabic (العربية)

If it is to be, that we were to find Paradise on the face of the earth,
[It would be] in Neyshabur.
If Paradise is not in Neyshabur,
There is no Paradise.

Translators' notes
Line 1 ("on the face of the earth") : literally: above the face or countenance
Line 2 ("Neyshabur"): Nishapur (Persian: نیشاپور ) is a city in Iran, along the ancient Silk Road. It was sacked by the Mongols in 1221.

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a text in Arabic (العربية) by Envery Katibi , "إِنْ كَانَ لَنَا أَنْ نَعْثُر..."
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This text was added to the website: 2024-08-26
Line count: 4
Word count: 32