Word: rubdiydt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since authorities on Persian are scarce, how are we to know what liberties Professor "Arberry has taken with the Rubdiydt quatrains? . . . The fact that FitzGerald took them out of mothballs is proof that they were not best-seller material as Omar wrote them. In all probability Omar's wisdom would never have sold without a little romantic icing...
...These Simple Things." Last week Professor Arberry finished a new translation, this time putting the quatrains into verse. When the Arberry Rubdiydt finally appears, connoisseurs will find the old Omar quite changed. For Quatrain No. 1 ("Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight / The Stars before him from the Field of Night. . ."), readers will find...
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