by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow
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Language: English  after the Persian (Farsi)
With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with my own Hand wrought to make it grow, And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd -- "I came like Water, and like Wind I go."
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- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 28, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 31, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 28, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 28, first published 1859 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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