And not a drop that from our Cups we throw
For Earth to drink of, but may steal below
To quench the fire of Anguish in some Eye
There hidden -- far beneath, and long ago.

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Text Authorship:

• by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), title 1: "And not a drop that from our Cups we throw", title 2: "Ah, not a drop that from our Cups we throw", appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 39, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 39 [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]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "And not a drop that from our Cups we throw", 1896 [ contralto ], from In a Persian Garden, no. 7, recitative [sung text checked 1 time]

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• by Henry Houseley (1852? - 1925), "Part 3", published 1917 [ soli, chorus, orchestra ], from cantata Omar Khayyám, no. 3, New York : H. W. Gray
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• Also set in English, a translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883) , no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 42, first published 1868 ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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