by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
But come with old Khayyám, and leave the...
Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
But come with old Khayyám, and leave the Lot Of Kaikobád and Kaikhosrú forgot! Let Rustum lay about him as he will, Or Hátim Tai cry Supper -- heed them not.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 9, first published 1859 [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]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Don Murray (b. 1925), "But come with old Khayyám, and leave the Lot" [ baritone and piano ], from Songs from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883) , appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 10, first published 1879 ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir, Henry Houseley.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-20
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Word count: 30