by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
The Ball no Question makes of Ayes and...
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Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
The Ball no Question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Right or Left, as strikes the Player goes; And He that toss'd Thee down into the Field, He knows about it all -- HE knows --- HE knows!
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- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 50, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 75, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 70, 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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