Excerpt from The Rubaiyt of Omar Khayym: Translated From the Lucknow Edition This translation of the Lucknow Edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam has been the work of otherwise idle moments during nearly thirty years. Much of it has been done when in camp or in other situations where no works of reference were available. I have, however, subjected it to some revision, and hope that the most important errors have been corrected, and that it now presents a fairly accurate idea of the original meaning. I think that the ...
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Excerpt from The Rubaiyt of Omar Khayym: Translated From the Lucknow Edition This translation of the Lucknow Edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam has been the work of otherwise idle moments during nearly thirty years. Much of it has been done when in camp or in other situations where no works of reference were available. I have, however, subjected it to some revision, and hope that the most important errors have been corrected, and that it now presents a fairly accurate idea of the original meaning. I think that the great majority of the quatrains are, if not a literal, at least a fairly close rendering of the original text, but I have not hesitated to add expressions not to be found in the original where it seemed to me clear that anything like a simple translation of the original words would not convey the same ideas as the Persian. I have ventured to depart altogether from accepted translations in a few instances, such as in quatrain 67, where I think khisht is certainly spear, and not, as it has been usually rendered, brick. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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