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Text Authorship:

• by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), no title, appears in Robaiyat, no. 72, first published 1924 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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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 Carmen Brouard (1909 - 2005), "Un peu de pain, un peu d'eau fraîche", 1960 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq interprétations d'Omar Khayyam, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carlos Estrada (1909 - 1970), "Un peu de pain", op. 46 no. 4 (1955) [ high voice and piano ], from Robaïyat de Omar Khayyâm, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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. 12, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 12, first published 1872 ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir, Henry Houseley, Richard Layton Kent, Liza Lehmann, James Hotchkiss Rogers, Powell Weaver.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883) , no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 11, first published 1859 ; composed by Emma Lou Diemer, Don Murray.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Francisco Mignone.
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