Un poème sur le pays natal de Khayam, par Envery | Poème sur le pays natal de Khayam, par Envery | Si sur le visage de la terre

Translation by Armand Robin (1912 - 1961)

إِنْ كَانَ لَنَا أَنْ نَعْثُر...

Language: Arabic (العربية)

Our translations: ENG

إِنْ كَانَ لَنَا أَنْ نَعْثُر عَلَى الْفِرْدَوْسِ فَوْقَ وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ،
 فَفِي نَيْسَابُورْ.
 إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الْفِرْدَوْسُ فِي نَيْسَابُورْ،
 فَلَيْسَ ثَمَّةَ مِنْ فِرْدَوْسٍ.

Text Authorship:

by Envery Katibi , "إِنْ كَانَ لَنَا أَنْ نَعْثُر..." [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Armand Robin (1912 - 1961) , "Un poème sur le pays natal de Khayam, par Envery", appears in Rubayat d'Omar Khayam, Éd. Club français du livre, first published 1958 ; composed by Germain Desbonnet.
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ENG English (Laura Prichard) (Anyi Sharma) , "If it is to be...", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Si sur le visage de la terre

Language: French (Français) after the Arabic (العربية)

Si sur le visage de la terre
On peut trouver le paradis,
C’est à Nichapour;
Si le Paradis n’est pas à Nichapour,
Il n’y a pas de Paradis.

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Text Authorship:

by Armand Robin (1912 - 1961), "Un poème sur le pays natal de Khayam, par Envery", appears in Rubayat d'Omar Khayam, Éd. Club français du livre, first published 1958 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Arabic (العربية) by Envery Katibi , "إِنْ كَانَ لَنَا أَنْ نَعْثُر..."
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Germain Desbonnet (1938 - 2007), "Poème sur le pays natal de Khayam, par Envery", 1997 [ baritone and piano ], from Rubaiyat d'Omar Khayam, deuxième recueil, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2021-03-02
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Word count: 28