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Text Authorship:
- 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.
- 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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- ENG English (Edward Fitzgerald) , no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 43, first published 1868
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This text was added to the website: 2026-09-22
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Word count: 31
As then the Tulip for her morning sup Of Heav'nly Vintage from the Soil looks up, Do you devoutly do the like, till Heav'n To Earth invert you -- like an empty Cup.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- 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 [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):
- by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "As then the Tulip for her morning sup", published 1906 [ soli, chorus, and orchestra ], from Omar Khayyám, Part I, no. 40, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "As then the Tulip for her morning sup", 1896 [ bass and piano ], from In a Persian Garden, no. 21
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- 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.
- Go to the text. [Note: the text is not in the database yet.]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-04-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 32