A New Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
A 2020 update to the wisdom of the classic collection of Persian Quatrains originally written by Omar Khayyam
around 1100 CE, and first translated into English by William Fitzgerald in 1859. Side-by-side comparison with the original.
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Today's Verse
49
The chess board is made of black and white blocks,
like nights and days are marked on your clocks.
The Master plays you--Queens, Bishops and Pawns,
And when he's done, puts you back in the box.A Verse from the Original
Verse 31
Up from Earth's Centre through the Seventh Gate
I rose, and on the throne of Saturn sate,
And many knots unravel'd by the Road;
But not the Knot of Human Death and Fate.