by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
There was the Door to which I found no...
Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
There was the Door to which I found no Key: There was the Veil through which I could not see: Some little talk awhile of ME and THEE There was -- and then no more of THEE and ME.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 35, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 32, first published 1868
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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Word count: 38
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Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English
V'era una porta a cui non seppi trovar la chiave, v'era un velo traverso il quale io non potei vedere. Un breve ragionar di te e di me parvemi che vi fosse e poi non altro, nè di te, nè di me!
Composition:
- Set to music by Elsa Olivieri Sangiacomo Respighi (1894 - 1996), copyright © 1920 [ voice and piano ], from Quattro liriche dai "Rubaiyat" di Omar Kayam, no. 3, Ricordi
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Based on:
- a text in English by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 35, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 32, first published 1868
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: 2017-07-17
Line count: 4
Word count: 42