Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur
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106
1906
English
- Introduction & preface
- Quatrains 1 - 101
- Quatrains 102 - 200
- Quatrains 201 - 299
- Quatrains 300 - 401
- Quatrains 402 - 500
- Quatrains 501 - 599
- Quatrains 600 - 701
- Quatrains 702 - 815
- Quatrains 816 - 878
In 1906, Eben Francis Thompson,scholar and poet, published a limited edition of his translation of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam. This edition contains 878 quatrains, and represents the most extensive translation of Omar's rubai in any language.
In the Introduction, Nathan Haskell Dole writes: Mr Thompson has put into English verse this whole body of Persian poetry. It is a marvel of close translation, accurate and satisfactory. He has succeeded in doing exactly what he set out to do - to add nothing and to take nothing away, but to put into the typical quatrain, as determined by Fitzgerald and others, exactly what Omar and his unknown imitators said. (Summary by Algy Pug)
This project was proof listened by Algy Pug and Bev J. Stevens.
In the Introduction, Nathan Haskell Dole writes: Mr Thompson has put into English verse this whole body of Persian poetry. It is a marvel of close translation, accurate and satisfactory. He has succeeded in doing exactly what he set out to do - to add nothing and to take nothing away, but to put into the typical quatrain, as determined by Fitzgerald and others, exactly what Omar and his unknown imitators said. (Summary by Algy Pug)
This project was proof listened by Algy Pug and Bev J. Stevens.
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