Quatrains of Omar Khayyam (tr. Whinfield, 1883)

by Omar Khayyám

For other versions of this work, see The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

THE QUATRAINS

OF

OMAR KHAYYÁM.

THE PERSIAN TEXT WITH AN ENGLISH VERSE
TRANSLATION.

BY

E. H. WHINFIELD, M. A.

LATE OF THE BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE.

LONDON:

TRÜBNER & CO., LUDGATE HILL.

1883.

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LONDON:

GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LIMITED,

ST. JOHN'S SQUARE, CLERKENWELL ROAD.

. . . . . . . . . . . . ."A mind

Not wholly clear, nor wholly blind.

Too keen to rest, too weak to find,

That travails sore, and brings forth wind."

M. Arnold.

Chapters (not listed in original)

• Trübner's Oriental Series

• Introduction
• Abbreviations
• Errata
• Quatrains 1-100
• Quatrains 101-200
• Quatrains 201-300
• Quatrains 301-400
• Quatrains 401-500