by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
Indeed the Idols I have loved so long
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Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
Indeed the Idols I have loved so long Have done my Credit in Men's Eye much wrong: Have drown'd my Honour in a shallow Cup, And sold my Reputation for a Song
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- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 69, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 101, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 93, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 93, 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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