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• by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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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. 35, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 39, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 36, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 36, first published 1859 ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jean-Baptiste Nicolas (1814 - 1875) , no title, appears in Les Quatrains de Khèyam, no. 28, first published 1867 ; composed by Germain Desbonnet.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Armand Robin (1912 - 1961) , no title, appears in Rubayat d'Omar Khayam, Éd. Club français du livre, first published 1958 ; composed by Germain Desbonnet.
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