by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
Then of the THEE IN ME who works behind
Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
Then of the THEE IN ME who works behind The Veil of Universe I cried to find A Lamp to guide me through the Darkness; and Something then said -- "An Understanding blind."
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Text Authorship:
- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 37, first published 1868 [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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- Also set in English, a translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883) , no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 34, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 34, first published 1872 ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir, Henry Houseley.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-20
Line count: 4
Word count: 32