Eqbal 1994 - XIII
RUBÁIYÁT OF OMAR KHAYYÁM. Rendered into English verse by Edward FitzGerald. Tehran, Eqbal, 1994
Another polyglot but rather plain edition, with only a few illustrations in colour, containing 50 quatrains in English, French, German, Persian, Arabic and Urdu.
The English quatrains are taken from FitzGerald’s fourth version.
Number of quatrains:
FitzGerald (1879) - 50
1 |
71 |
2 |
89 |
3 |
55 |
4 |
84 |
5 |
28 |
6 |
16 |
7 |
59 |
8 |
73 |
9 |
91 |
10 |
60 |
11 |
3 |
12 |
17 |
13 |
23 |
14 |
19 |
15 |
10 |
16 |
87 |
17 |
32 |
18 |
70 |
19 |
37 |
20 |
99 |
21 |
69 |
22 |
96 |
23 |
100 |
24 |
85 |
25 |
92 |
26 |
86 |
27 |
29 |
28 |
72 |
29 |
42 |
30 |
43 |
31 |
68 |
32 |
58 |
33 |
48 |
34 |
21 |
35 |
36 |
36 |
35 |
37 |
34 |
38 |
27 |
39 |
25 |
40 |
63 |
41 |
26 |
42 |
24 |
43 |
22 |
44 |
20 |
45 |
18 |
46 |
13 |
47 |
11 |
48 |
6 |
49 |
2 |
50 |
1 |
45 French quatrains are from E’tessam-Zadeh’s translation of 1931. The remaining five French quatrains appeared in the edition edited by H.A.N. Esfandiary (Shumposha, 1972): numbers 6 (F 15), 27 (F 20), 37 (F 22), 40 (F 19) and 42 (F 18).
Number of quatrains:
E’tessam-Zadeh (1931) - 45
E’tessam-Zadeh (Shumposha, 1972) - 5
1 |
212 |
|
2 |
114 |
|
3 |
121 |
|
4 |
231 |
|
5 |
284 |
|
6 |
|
14 (F 15) |
7 |
178 |
|
8 |
360 |
|
9 |
6 |
|
10 |
34 |
|
11 |
226 |
|
12 |
31 |
|
13 |
18 |
|
14 |
64 |
|
15 |
354 |
|
16 |
233 |
|
17 |
286 |
|
18 |
306 |
|
19 |
203 |
|
20 |
297 |
|
21 |
223 |
|
22 |
120 |
|
23 |
88 |
|
24 |
19 |
|
25 |
12 |
|
26 |
56 |
|
27 |
|
29 (F 20) |
28 |
92 |
|
29 |
232 |
|
30 |
200 |
|
31 |
254 |
|
32 |
234 |
|
33 |
124 |
|
34 |
294 |
|
35 |
30 |
|
36 |
222 |
|
37 |
|
33 (F 22) |
38 |
214 |
|
39 |
296 |
|
40 |
|
26 (F 19) |
41 |
335 |
|
42 |
|
23 (F 18) |
43 |
186 |
|
44 |
96 |
|
45 |
17 |
|
46 |
83 |
|
47 |
308 |
|
48 |
158 |
|
49 |
1 |
|
50 |
143 |
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The German quatrains are from Nordmeyer (1926) and Rosen (1909 and later). Two quatrains remain unidentified: number 37 (G 6) and number 40 (G4).
Number of quatrains:
Nordmeyer (1926) - 30
Rosen (1909 and 1912) - 18
Unidentified - 2
1 |
71 |
|
|
|
2 |
89 |
|
|
|
3 |
55 |
|
|
|
4 |
84 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
34 |
|
6 |
16 |
|
|
|
7 |
59 |
|
|
|
8 |
73 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
91 |
|
|
10 |
60 |
|
|
|
11 |
3 |
|
|
|
12 |
17 |
|
|
|
13 |
23 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
22 |
|
|
15 |
10 |
|
|
|
16 |
87 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
40 |
|
|
18 |
70 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
18 |
|
20 |
99 |
|
|
|
21 |
69 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
26 |
|
|
23 |
|
3 |
|
|
24 |
85 |
|
|
|
25 |
92 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
38 |
|
|
27 |
29 |
|
|
|
28 |
72 |
|
|
|
29 |
42 |
|
|
|
30 |
43 |
|
|
|
31 |
|
5 |
|
|
32 |
|
58 |
|
|
33 |
|
1 |
|
|
34 |
56 |
|
|
|
35 |
|
17 |
|
|
36 |
35 |
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
34 (G 6) |
38 |
27 |
|
|
|
39 |
|
42 |
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
22 (G 4) |
41 |
|
75 |
|
|
42 |
24 |
|
|
|
43 |
22 |
|
|
|
44 |
|
21 |
|
|
45 |
18 |
|
|
|
46 |
13 |
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
25 |
|
48 |
|
85 |
|
|
49 |
|
|
62 |
|
50 |
1 |
|
|
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