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In 1867 Jean Baptiste Nicolas (1814-1875), scholar and career diplomat, published the first major French translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. This version is in prose and the collection contains 464 verses.
In Nicolas’ view, Omar was no Epicurean reveler but rather a relentless spiritual seeker – his frequent allusions to wine and lovers are metaphors, expressive of a divine discontent that can only be resolved by union with a mystical beloved. However, most other translators and commentators regard Omar as a man who sampled and enjoyed both earthly and philosophical delights.
In 1903 Frederic Rolfe, the self styled “Baron Corvo”, published an English translation of Nicolas’ version. In the same year Robert Arnot published a collection of translations which also included an English version of Nicolas’ text. While both these translations are in prose, Rolfe’s version, with its heraldic and evocative verbiage, and its presentation of Omar as a more rounded personality than Nicolas’ etiolated mystic, can be considered, as with Fitzgerald’s celebrated translation, as an independent work of art.
(Algy Pug)
- Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.archive.org/details/rubaiyatofumarkh00omar
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): word perfect
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Magic Window:
BC Admin - The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
START of recording (Intro):- "The Rubaiyat of Umar Khaiyam. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by Algy Pug" - Say:
"The Rubaiyat of Umar Khaiyam, translated from the French of J.B.Nicolas by Frederick Rolfe.
[Section number - section title]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:- "Section [number] of The Rubaiyat of Umar Khaiyam by Frederick Rolfe. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
"[Section title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Section]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of The Rubaiyat of Umar Khaiyam, by Frederick Rolfe. "
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