by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
Well, let it take them! What have we to...
Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
Well, let it take them! What have we to do With Kaikobád the Great, or Kaikhosrú? Let Zál and Rustum thunder as they will, Or Hátim call to Supper -- heed not you.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 10, 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) [text unavailable]
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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, First Edition, no. 9, first published 1859 ; composed by Don Murray.
- 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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Word count: 32