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| The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam: Three translations of the Rubaiyat | 
| Author: Omar Khayyam
Creators: Justin, Huntley Mccarthy, Richard Le Gallienne
Publisher: Bardic Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 662036
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 212
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0974566713
Dewey Decimal Number: 891
EAN: 9780974566719
ASIN: 0974566713
Publication Date: July 2, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
Excellent work by Richard Le Gallienne November 12, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I should start off by saying that I am not familiar with Omar Khayyam or his work. I should also state that Richard La Gallienne's translation is likely completely unlike the literal translation. His effort was only to produce a witty and stylish version reminiscent of Khayyam's original intent. From what I have read, it is excellent on its own. I do not generally go in for poetry, but found that I couldn't stop reading this work. Here are some especially interesting excerpts:
Look not above, there is no answer there;
Pray not, for no one listens to your prayer;
Near is as near to God as any Far,
And Here is just the same deceit as There.
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And do you think that unto such as you;
A maggot-minded, starved, fanatic crew:
God gave the secret, and denied it me?--
Well, well, what matters it! Believe that, too.
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"Did God set grapes a-growing, do you think,
And at the same time make it sin to drink?
Give thanks to Him who foreordained it thus--
Surely He loves to hear the glasses clink!"
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