by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
The mighty Mahmúd, Allah‑breathing Lord
Language: English  after the Persian (Farsi)
The mighty Mahmúd, Allah-breathing Lord, That all the misbelieving and black Horde Of Fears and Sorrows that infest the Soul Scatters before him with his whirlwind Sword.
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Authorship:
- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883), no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 62, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 60, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 60, 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]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "The mighty Mahmúd, Allah-breathing Lord", published 1906 [ soli, chorus, and orchestra ], from Omar Khayyám, Part I, no. 60, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-21
Line count: 4
Word count: 27