Rosen editions

Friedrich Rosen published a number of translations of the Rubáiyát as Die Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers = Rubaijat-I-Omar-I-Khajjam. The first version, containing 93 verses, numbered from I to XCIII, appeared in 1909, published by Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart/Berlin. There were five sections – ‘Vergänglichkeit’ with 27 quatrains, ‘Welträtsel’ with 18 quatrains, ‘Lehre’ with 28 quatrains, ‘Wein und Liebe’ with 18 quatrains, and ‘Schlussworte’ with two quatrains.

In 1912 he brought out a second edition of 124 verses, also numbered with roman numerals. 31 of these quatrains were new. There were eight new quatrains in section one, one new quatrain in the second section, thirteen new quatrains in the third section, nine new quatrains in the fourth section and the last section was unchanged.

In 1914 Rosen published a limited edition of 300 copies, with 125 quatrains, not divided into sections.
Seven quatrains were omitted from the 124 quatrains in the 1912 edition (nrs. XXIII, XLIX, LVII, LXIX, LXXXVI, CI and CXIII). Number XXVIII was placed much later in the sequence (at what would be number C. There were eight new quatrains added. These would also appear in tht 1919 edition as numbers 9, 71, 109, 108, 64, 122, 144 and 147.

A third edition was published in 1919 with 152 quatrains. These were numbered with Arabic numerals and the five sections in the first two editions were retained. To the 124 quatrains of the 1912 edition were added 28 new quatrains. There were three new ones in the first section, one new one in the second section, fifteen new quatrains in the third section, nine new quatrains in the fourth section, and the last section was unchanged.

A fourth edition, published in 1921, was essentially the same as the third edition. This edition was reprinted in 1922. All these editions were published by Deutsche Verlangsanstalt.

In the introduction to these volumes Rosen explained that a little manuscript of the quatrains accompanied him on his travels in the Middle-East and Persia, but unfortunately he gave no further details about this text and its origins.

In 1929 the Insel-Verlag first published a popular edition of these translated verses in German, in the Insel-Bücherei series, No. 407 and this version continues to be issued until the present day. These editions all follow the latest version of 1922, containing 152 verses. In some editions however the foreword and introductions were printed in a different order.

In 1925 F. Rosen published a new series of quatrains in Persian, based on an old manuscript that Rosen had discovered in a private collection. This was followed in 1928 in an edition containing the Persian text with an English translation, with an addition of quatrains that were found in two manuscript fragments, one of which predates the famous Bodleian manuscript by 124 years.
In 1930 yet another edition of Rosen’s English translations appeared, published in New York by Dutton & Co.

Die Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers. Rubaijat-I-Omar-I-Khajjam. Aus dem Persischen übertragen von Friedrich Rosen. Stuttgart; Berlin, Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, 1909.
Die Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers. Rubaijat-I-Omar-I-Khajjam. Aus dem Persischen übertragen von Friedrich Rosen. II. vermehrte Auflage. Stuttgart; Berlin, Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, 1912.
Rubaijat-i-Omar-i-Khajjam. Die Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers aus dem Persischen übertragen von Friedrich Rosen. Stuttgart, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1914.
Die Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers. Rubaijat-I-Omar-I-Khajjam. Aus dem Persischen übertragen von Friedrich Rosen. 3. vermehrte Auflage. Stuttgart, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1919.
Die Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers. Rubaijat-I-Omar-I-Khajjam. Aus dem Persischen übertragen von Friedrich Rosen. 4. vermehrte Auflage. Stuttgart, Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, 1921.
Die Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers. Rubaijat-I-Omar-I-Khajjam. Aus dem Persischen übertragen von Friedrich Rosen. 5. vermehrte Auflage. Stuttgart, Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, 1922.
The quatrains of the learned 'Omar-i-Khayyam, with a biographical sketch of Omar and his poetry. Introduction and notes by Friedrich Rosen. Berlin, Kaviani Press, 1925.
The quatrains of 'Omar-i Khayyam. Persian text taken from the two newly discovered oldest manuscripts with an English prose version by Friedrich Rosen. London, Luzac & Co., 1928.
Die Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers. Rubaijat-I-Omar-I-Khajjam. Aus dem Persischen übertragen von Friedrich Rosen. Leipzig, Insel Verlag, 1929 - .
The quatrains of 'Omar Khayyám. Newly translated with an introduction by Friedrich Rosen. With eight illustrations. New York, Dutton, 1930.

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1909	1912	1914	1919
1	1	1	1
	2	2	2
2	3	3	3
3	4	4	4
4	5	5	5
5	6	6	6
	7	7	7
	8	8	8
		13	9
6	9	9	10
7	10	10	11
8	11	11	12
9	12	12	13
10	13	14	14
11	14	15	15
12	15	16	16
			17
13	16	17	18
14	17	18	19
	18	19	20
15	19	20	21
16	20	21	22
17	21	22	23
18	22	23	24
19	23		25
20	24	24	26
	25	25	27
21	26	26	28
22	27	27	29
			30
	28	100	31
23	29	28	32
24	30	29	33
25	31	30	34
26	32	31	35
	33	32	36
	34	33	37
27	35	34	38
28	36	35	39
29	37	36	40
30	38	37	41
31	39	38	42
	40	39	43
32	41	40	44
33	42	41	45
34	43	42	46
35	44	43	47
36	45	44	48
37	46	45	49
38	47	46	50
39	48	47	51
42	49		52
43	50	48	53
40	51	49	54
			55
41	52	50	56
44	53	51	57
45	54	52	58
46	55	53	59
47	56	54	60
	57		61
48	58	55	62
	59	56	63
		91	64
			64
49	60	57	65
			66
50	61	58	67
	62	59	68
	63	60	69
			70
		61	71
51	64	62	72
52	65	63	73
53	66	64	74
54	67	65	75
			76
	68	66	77
55	69		78
56	70	67	79
	71	68	80
			81
			82
	72	69	83
57	73	70	84
58	74	71	85
			86
59	75	72	87
			88
60	76	73	89
61	77	74	90
62	78	75	91
63	79	76	92
			93
64	80	77	94
65	81	78	95
66	82	79	96
67	83	80	97
68	84	81	98
			99
69	85	82	100
	86		101
			102
70	87	83	103
	88	84	104
71	89	85	105
	90	86	106
	91	87	107
		89	108
		88	109
	92	90	110
			111
72	93	92	112
	94	93	113
73	95	94	114
			115
75	97	96	116
	98	97	117
	99	98	118
76	100	99	119
			120
	101		121
		112	122
77	102	101	123
			124
	103	102	125
74	96	95	126
78	104	103	127
79	105	104	128
	106	105	129
80	107	106	130
81	108	107	131
	109	108	132
82	110	109	133
83	111	110	134
84	112	111	135
	113		136
85	114	113	137
86	115	114	138
87	116	115	139
	117	116	140
88	118	117	141
			142
	119	118	143
		119	144
			145
89	120	120	146
		121	147
90	121	122	148
91	122	123	149
			150
92	123	124	151
93	124	125	152

Rosen editions

Tables

Anet - 1957

Arberry - 1949

Bodleian table

Christensen - 1927

Csillik - 1934

FitzGerald versions

Heron-Allen - 1898

Kasra - 1977

Mahfuz-ul-Haq - 1939

Rosen editions

Thompson - 1906

Tirtha - 1941

Wandering quatrains

Whinfield editions

1909	1912	1914	1919
1	1	1	1
	2	2	2
2	3	3	3
3	4	4	4
4	5	5	5
5	6	6	6
	7	7	7
	8	8	8
		13	9
6	9	9	10
7	10	10	11
8	11	11	12
9	12	12	13
10	13	14	14
11	14	15	15
12	15	16	16
			17
13	16	17	18
14	17	18	19
	18	19	20
15	19	20	21
16	20	21	22
17	21	22	23
18	22	23	24
19	23		25
20	24	24	26
	25	25	27
21	26	26	28
22	27	27	29
			30
	28	100	31
23	29	28	32
24	30	29	33
25	31	30	34
26	32	31	35
	33	32	36
	34	33	37
27	35	34	38
28	36	35	39
29	37	36	40
30	38	37	41
31	39	38	42
	40	39	43
32	41	40	44
33	42	41	45
34	43	42	46
35	44	43	47
36	45	44	48
37	46	45	49
38	47	46	50
39	48	47	51
42	49		52
43	50	48	53
40	51	49	54
			55
41	52	50	56
44	53	51	57
45	54	52	58
46	55	53	59
47	56	54	60
	57		61
48	58	55	62
	59	56	63
		91	64
			64
49	60	57	65
			66
50	61	58	67
	62	59	68
	63	60	69
			70
		61	71
51	64	62	72
52	65	63	73
53	66	64	74
54	67	65	75
			76
	68	66	77
55	69		78
56	70	67	79
	71	68	80
			81
			82
	72	69	83
57	73	70	84
58	74	71	85
			86
59	75	72	87
			88
60	76	73	89
61	77	74	90
62	78	75	91
63	79	76	92
			93
64	80	77	94
65	81	78	95
66	82	79	96
67	83	80	97
68	84	81	98
			99
69	85	82	100
	86		101
			102
70	87	83	103
	88	84	104
71	89	85	105
	90	86	106
	91	87	107
		89	108
		88	109
	92	90	110
			111
72	93	92	112
	94	93	113
73	95	94	114
			115
75	97	96	116
	98	97	117
	99	98	118
76	100	99	119
			120
	101		121
		112	122
77	102	101	123
			124
	103	102	125
74	96	95	126
78	104	103	127
79	105	104	128
	106	105	129
80	107	106	130
81	108	107	131
	109	108	132
82	110	109	133
83	111	110	134
84	112	111	135
	113		136
85	114	113	137
86	115	114	138
87	116	115	139
	117	116	140
88	118	117	141
			142
	119	118	143
		119	144
			145
89	120	120	146
		121	147
90	121	122	148
91	122	123	149
			150
92	123	124	151
93	124	125	152

1909	1912	1914	1919
1	1	1	1
	2	2	2
2	3	3	3
3	4	4	4
4	5	5	5
5	6	6	6
	7	7	7
	8	8	8
		13	9
6	9	9	10
7	10	10	11
8	11	11	12
9	12	12	13
10	13	14	14
11	14	15	15
12	15	16	16
			17
13	16	17	18
14	17	18	19
	18	19	20
15	19	20	21
16	20	21	22
17	21	22	23
18	22	23	24
19	23		25
20	24	24	26
	25	25	27
21	26	26	28
22	27	27	29
			30
	28	100	31
23	29	28	32
24	30	29	33
25	31	30	34
26	32	31	35
	33	32	36
	34	33	37
27	35	34	38
28	36	35	39
29	37	36	40
30	38	37	41
31	39	38	42
	40	39	43
32	41	40	44
33	42	41	45
34	43	42	46
35	44	43	47
36	45	44	48
37	46	45	49
38	47	46	50
39	48	47	51
42	49		52
43	50	48	53
40	51	49	54
			55
41	52	50	56
44	53	51	57
45	54	52	58
46	55	53	59
47	56	54	60
	57		61
48	58	55	62
	59	56	63
		91	64
			64
49	60	57	65
			66
50	61	58	67
	62	59	68
	63	60	69
			70
		61	71
51	64	62	72
52	65	63	73
53	66	64	74
54	67	65	75
			76
	68	66	77
55	69		78
56	70	67	79
	71	68	80
			81
			82
	72	69	83
57	73	70	84
58	74	71	85
			86
59	75	72	87
			88
60	76	73	89
61	77	74	90
62	78	75	91
63	79	76	92
			93
64	80	77	94
65	81	78	95
66	82	79	96
67	83	80	97
68	84	81	98
			99
69	85	82	100
	86		101
			102
70	87	83	103
	88	84	104
71	89	85	105
	90	86	106
	91	87	107
		89	108
		88	109
	92	90	110
			111
72	93	92	112
	94	93	113
73	95	94	114
			115
75	97	96	116
	98	97	117
	99	98	118
76	100	99	119
			120
	101		121
		112	122
77	102	101	123
			124
	103	102	125
74	96	95	126
78	104	103	127
79	105	104	128
	106	105	129
80	107	106	130
81	108	107	131
	109	108	132
82	110	109	133
83	111	110	134
84	112	111	135
	113		136
85	114	113	137
86	115	114	138
87	116	115	139
	117	116	140
88	118	117	141
			142
	119	118	143
		119	144
			145
89	120	120	146
		121	147
90	121	122	148
91	122	123	149
			150
92	123	124	151
93	124	125	152

1909	1912	1914	1919
1	1	1	1
	2	2	2
2	3	3	3
3	4	4	4
4	5	5	5
5	6	6	6
	7	7	7
	8	8	8
		13	9
6	9	9	10
7	10	10	11
8	11	11	12
9	12	12	13
10	13	14	14
11	14	15	15
12	15	16	16
			17
13	16	17	18
14	17	18	19
	18	19	20
15	19	20	21
16	20	21	22
17	21	22	23
18	22	23	24
19	23		25
20	24	24	26
	25	25	27
21	26	26	28
22	27	27	29
			30
	28	100	31
23	29	28	32
24	30	29	33
25	31	30	34
26	32	31	35
	33	32	36
	34	33	37
27	35	34	38
28	36	35	39
29	37	36	40
30	38	37	41
31	39	38	42
	40	39	43
32	41	40	44
33	42	41	45
34	43	42	46
35	44	43	47
36	45	44	48
37	46	45	49
38	47	46	50
39	48	47	51
42	49		52
43	50	48	53
40	51	49	54
			55
41	52	50	56
44	53	51	57
45	54	52	58
46	55	53	59
47	56	54	60
	57		61
48	58	55	62
	59	56	63
		91	64
			64
49	60	57	65
			66
50	61	58	67
	62	59	68
	63	60	69
			70
		61	71
51	64	62	72
52	65	63	73
53	66	64	74
54	67	65	75
			76
	68	66	77
55	69		78
56	70	67	79
	71	68	80
			81
			82
	72	69	83
57	73	70	84
58	74	71	85
			86
59	75	72	87
			88
60	76	73	89
61	77	74	90
62	78	75	91
63	79	76	92
			93
64	80	77	94
65	81	78	95
66	82	79	96
67	83	80	97
68	84	81	98
			99
69	85	82	100
	86		101
			102
70	87	83	103
	88	84	104
71	89	85	105
	90	86	106
	91	87	107
		89	108
		88	109
	92	90	110
			111
72	93	92	112
	94	93	113
73	95	94	114
			115
75	97	96	116
	98	97	117
	99	98	118
76	100	99	119
			120
	101		121
		112	122
77	102	101	123
			124
	103	102	125
74	96	95	126
78	104	103	127
79	105	104	128
	106	105	129
80	107	106	130
81	108	107	131
	109	108	132
82	110	109	133
83	111	110	134
84	112	111	135
	113		136
85	114	113	137
86	115	114	138
87	116	115	139
	117	116	140
88	118	117	141
			142
	119	118	143
		119	144
			145
89	120	120	146
		121	147
90	121	122	148
91	122	123	149
			150
92	123	124	151
93	124	125	152