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by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)

چون لاله به نوروز قدح گیر به دست،
Language: Persian (Farsi) 
چون لاله به نوروز قدح گیر به دست،                             با لاله رخی اگر تو را فرصت هست. می نوش به خرمی که این چرخ کهن،                             نـاگاه تو را چـو خاک گرداند پست.

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  • by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [author's text checked 1 time 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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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883) , no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 40, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 40, first published 1872 ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir, Liza Lehmann.
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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Armand Robin (1912 - 1961) , appears in Rubayat d'Omar Khayam, Éd. Club français du livre, first published 1958 ; composed by Germain Desbonnet.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Edward Fitzgerald) , no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 43, first published 1868


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