by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Edward Heron-Allen (1861 - 1943)
لب بر لب کوزه بردم از غایت آز
Language: Persian (Farsi)
لب بر لب کوزه بردم از غایت آز تا زو پرسم واسطه عمر دراز لب بر لب من نهاد و میگفت این راز می خور که به این جهان نمیآیی باز
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- by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Gilbert Lazard (b. 1920) , copyright © ENG ; composed by Yassen Vodenitcharov.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Edward Heron-Allen) , no title, first published 1898
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Grolleau) , no title, first published 1902
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Word count: 31
In great desire I pressed my lips to the...
Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
In great desire I pressed my lips to the lip of the jar, to enquire from it how long life might be attained; it joined its lip to mine and whispered: — "Drink wine, for, to this world, thou returnest not."
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward Heron-Allen (1861 - 1943), no title, first published 1898 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 41