by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
¡Ah, gocemos...!
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the Persian (Farsi)
Available translation(s): ENG
¡Ah, gocemos, ávidamente, de todo lo que pueda brindar la vida,
antes de que también nosotros bajo el polvo descendamos!
Polvo vuelto al polvo y, bajo el polvo yacer;
sin vino, sin canciones, sin mujeres y sin fin!
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- Also set in English, a translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883) , no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 23, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Second Edition, no. 26, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Third Edition, no. 24, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Fourth Edition, no. 24, first published 1859 ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir, Henry Houseley, Liza Lehmann, Elisabeth Charlotta Henrietta Ernestina Sonntag.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Ah, let us enjoy...!", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Ah, let us enjoy...!
Language: English  after the Spanish (Español)
Ah, let us enjoy avidly all that life can give
before we also descend beneath the dust!
Dust returns to dust, under the dust to lie,
without wine, without songs, without women, and without end!
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- Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2021 by Garrett Medlock, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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