| Title | : | The Rubáiyát |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Omar Khayyam |
| Release | : | 1105-04-29 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Poetry, Books, Fiction & Literature |
| Size | : | 4489426 |
| The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, written by a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyam (1048 – 1131). A rubai is a two-line stanza with two parts per line, hence the word rubaiyat meaning quatrains. The world’s best-known translations are made by Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883). 1st edition – 1859 (75 quatrains) 2nd edition – 1868 (110 quatrains) 3rd edition – 1872 (101 quatrains) 4th edition – 1879 (101 quatrains) 5th edition – 1889 (101 quatrains) As a work of English literature FitzGerald's version is a high point of the 19th century and has been greatly influential. |
