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Rubaiyat Miscellany

The translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward Fitzgerald has remained the most celebrated rendering in English of the Persian poet's work. While several other scholars produced their own translations of the Rubaiyat, yet others contented themselves by just paraphrasing the work of Fitzgerald. This recording features three reworkings of previously published translations. Arthur Guiterman and Ruel William Whitney based their renderings on the Fifth Edition of Fitzgerald's translation and Richard Le Gallienne, a distinguished poet in his own right, compiled his version from a variety of sources, in particular the prose translation by Justin Huntly McCarthy. The edition of the Le Galliene version used in this recording is a special selection made for an American friend by the poet from his larger collection of 261 quatrains, which has previously been recorded for LibriVox. (Summary by Algy Pug)

Year of Publication: 1909Genres: Poetry

Running Time: 01 hour 53 minutes 34 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Fitzgerald Translation: Preface by Arthur Guiterman Algy Pug	11:03
2	Fitzgerald Translation: Rubaiyat, Fifth Edition Algy Pug	25:16
3	Fitzgerald Translation: The Literal Omar Algy Pug	28:54
4	Whitney Translation: Foreword by C.C.M. Jr. Algy Pug	11:23
5	Whitney Translation: The Rubaiyat Algy Pug	23:35
6	le Gallienne Translation: Fifty Quatrains Algy Pug	13:23