by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
Ah, 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.
Composition:
- Set to music by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), no title, 1896 [ contralto ], from In a Persian Garden, no. 7, recitative
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
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2020-07-10
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Word count: 35