The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, written by a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyam (1048 – 1131).
A rubai is a two-line stanza with two parts per line, hence the word rubaiyat meaning quatrains.
The world’s best-known translations are made by Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883).
1st edition – 1859 (75 quatrains)
2nd edition – 1868 (110 quatrains)
3rd edition – 1872 (101 quatrains)
4th edition – 1879 (101 quatrains)
5th edition – 1889 (101 quatrains)
As a work of English literature FitzGerald's version is a high point of the 19th century and has been greatly influential.
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