Template:QOK 1883 verse/doc

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Usage

This template calls {{Side by side}} to present a pair of verses from Quatrains of Omar Khayyam (tr. Whinfield, 1883) (the English and Persian) along with any notes.

Parameters

1: The verse number.
2: The first of the page pair (the page with the English text)
3: The offset of the verse notes (default 0, same page, use 1 for the next page).

Conditions

The two pages must be sequential: English first, then Persian. The section titles must be simply the verse number. The notes of a verse must be the verse number followed by "n": e.g. "24n".

Example

{{QOK 1883 verse|1|58}}

[58] [59]

1.

At dawn a cry through all the tavern shrilled,
"Arise my brethren of the revellers' guild,
That I may fill our measures full of wine,
Or e'er the measure of our days be filled."

۱

آمد سحری ندا ز میخانهٔ ما
کای رندِ خراباتیِ دیوانهٔ ما
برخیز که پر کنیم پیمانه ز می
زان پیش که پر کُنند پیمانهٔ ما

1. Bl. C. L. N. A. I. J. Bl. considers this quatrain mystical.