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The most famous translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is that by Edward Fitzgerald into English, of which five editions were published between 1859 and 1889.
Many translations into other languages have been published since that time. A number of translators, who were not conversant with the Persian language, chose to translate one of Fitzgerald's versions rather than the original. This project features several of these translations, based on the first, fourth and fifth editions of Fitzgerald.
Translations featured in this recording:
First Edition
French translation by Charles Grolleau
Italian translation by Fulvia Faruffini
German translation by Walter Fraenzel
Spanish translation by Ismael Enrique Arciniegas
Dutch translation by Christiaan Leendert van Balen Jr.
Fourth Edition
Spanish translation by Jose Castellot
Fifth Edition
Italian translation by Mario Chini
French translation by James Henry Hallard
Greek translation by Ernest Crawley
Italian translation by Diego Angeli
(Algy Pug)
- Text links
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Introduction - First, Fourth and Fifth editions - FitzGerald http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/246
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - First Edition - French translation - Grolleau https://www.omarkhayyamnederland.com/downloads/grolleau1917.pdf
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - First Edition - Italian translation - Faruffini http://www.superzeko.net/progetto_omarkhayyam/EFitzGeraldIRubaiyatDiOmarKhayyamTradFulviaFaruffini.pdf
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - First Edition - German translation - Fraenzel https://www.omarkhayyamnederland.com/downloads/franzel1913.pdf
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - First Edition - Spanish translation - Arciniegas https://www.omarkhayyamnederland.com/downloads/arciniegas-los-rubayata-1912.pdf
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - First Edition - Dutch translation - van Balen https://www.omarkhayyamnederland.com/downloads/van-balen-1910.pdf
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - Fourth Edition - Spanish translation - Jose Castellot https://archive.org/details/rubaiyatomarkha00haygoog/page/n8
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - Fifth Edition - Italian translation - Chini http://www.superzeko.net/progetto_omarkhayyam/khayyamrubaiyat/KhayyamRubaiyatChini.pdf
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - Fifth Edition - French translation - Hallard https://ia802703.us.archive.org/31/items/omarkheyym00omaruoft/omarkheyym00omaruoft.pdf
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - Fifth Edition - Greek translation - Crawley https://www.omarkhayyamnederland.com/e-library/other-languages/e-crawley---1902.html
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - Fifth Edition - Italian translation - Angeli http://www.superzeko.net/progetto_omarkhayyam/EFitzGeraldQuartineDiOmarKhayyamTradDiegoAngeli.pdf
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START of recording (Intro)- "Section zero of A Multilingual Rubaiyat. This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Introduction by Edward FitzGerald.
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Section one of A Multilingual Rubaiyat. This Librivox recording is in the public domain.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward FitzGerald. First Edition
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Section two of A Multilingual Rubaiyat. This Librivox recording is in the public domain.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into French by Charles Grolleau
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Section three of A Multilingual Rubaiyat. This Librivox recording is in the public domain.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into Italian by Fulvia Faruffini.
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into German by Walter Fraenzel
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into Spanish by Ismael Enrique Arciniegas
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into Dutch by Chr. Van Balen
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Section seven of A Multilingual Rubaiyat. This Librivox recording is in the public domain.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward FitzGerald. Fourth Edition
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Section eight of A Multilingual Rubaiyat. This Librivox recording is in the public domain.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into Spanish by Jose Castellot
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Section nine of A Multilingual Rubaiyat. This Librivox recording is in the public domain.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward FitzGerald. Fifth Edition
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Section ten of A Multilingual Rubaiyat. This Librivox recording is in the public domain.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into Italian by Mario Chini
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Section eleven of A Multilingual Rubaiyat. This Librivox recording is in the public domain.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into French by James Henry Hallard
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into Greek by Ernest Crawley
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Section thirteen of A Multilingual Rubaiyat. This Librivox recording is in the public domain.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into Italian by Diego Angeli
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