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Author: Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883)

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The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

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[No Title] (A Book of Verses underneath the Bough ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG ITA
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG ITA
L. Lehmann: A Book of Verses underneath the Bough

Ah, fill the Cup! What boots it to repeat (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Ah, fill the Cup! What boots it to repeat

Ah, Love, could you and I with Fate conspire (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Ah, fill the Cup! What boots it to repeat

Ah, moon of my delight, that knows no wane (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Ah, moon of my delight, that knows no wane

Ah, moon of my delight, who know'st no wane (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Ah, moon of my delight, that knows no wane

[No Title] (Ah, not a drop that from our Cups we throw ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
Ah, not a drop that from our Cups we throw (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Ah, not a drop that from our Cups we throw

Alas! that Spring should vanish with the Rose! (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann, L. Lehmann: Yet Ah! that Spring should vanish with the Rose!

And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before (And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - D. Murray ENG
And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
D. Murray: And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before

And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
And this delightful Herb whose tender Green (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: I sometimes think that never blows so red

And this reviving Herb, whose tender green (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: I sometimes think that never blows so red

And when thyself with shining foot shall pass (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Ah, moon of my delight, that knows no wane

As then the Tulip for her morning sup (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: As then the Tulip for her morning sup

Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night (Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - D. Murray ENG
Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
D. Murray: Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night

[No Title] (Before the phantom of False morning died ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
Before the phantom of False morning died (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Before the phantom of False morning died

Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon
L. Lehmann: Ah, fill the Cup! What boots it to repeat

But if the Soul can fling the Dust aside (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside

[No Title] (Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring

Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
[No Title] (Each morn a thousand Roses brings, you say ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
Each morn a thousand Roses brings, you say (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Each morn a thousand Roses brings, you say

Heav'n but the vision of fulfilled Desire (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: I sent my Soul through the Invisible

Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
"I am writing ENG
A. Hovhaness, A. Hovhaness: Majnun's love song

I sent my Soul through the Invisible (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: I sent my Soul through the Invisible

I sometimes think that never blows so red (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: I sometimes think that never blows so red

[No Title] (Irám indeed is gone with all his Rose ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
Irám indeed is gone with all his Rose (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Irám indeed is gone with all his Rose

Layla - A. Hovhaness [x]
Letters in the sand (One who traveled in the desert ) - A. Hovhaness ENG
Lo, some we lov'd, the loveliest and best (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: They say the Lion and the Lizard keep

Majnun answer'd ENG
A. Hovhaness: Majnun answered

Majnun answered (Majnun answer'd) - A. Hovhaness ENG
Majnun's love song ("I am writing ) - A. Hovhaness ENG
Myself when young did eagerly frequent (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Myself when young did eagerly frequent

[No Title] (Now the New Year reviving old Desires ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG ITA
Now the New Year reviving old Desires (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG ITA
L. Lehmann: Now the New Year reviving old Desires

"O distracted lover, writing ENG
A. Hovhaness: The distracted lover

One who traveled in the desert ENG
A. Hovhaness: Letters in the sand

So when that Angel of the darker Drink (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: As then the Tulip for her morning sup

Strange, is it not, that of the myriads who (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: They say the Lion and the Lizard keep

The distracted lover ("O distracted lover, writing ) - A. Hovhaness ENG
The mysterious beloved ("I am writing ) - A. Hovhaness ENG
The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon

They say the Lion and the Lizard keep (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: They say the Lion and the Lizard keep

Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon

Wake! For the Sun behind yon Eastern height (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
[No Title] (Wake! For the Sun who scatter'd into flight) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
Wake! For the Sun who scatter'd into flight (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Wake! For the Sun who scatter'd into flight

Waste not your hour! (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon
L. Lehmann: Ah, fill the Cup! What boots it to repeat

Waste not your hour, nor in the vain pursuit (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon
L. Lehmann: Ah, fill the Cup! What boots it to repeat

[No Title] (Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend

[No Title] (When you and I behind the veil are past ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
When you and I behind the veil are past (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: When you and I behind the veil are past

[No Title] (Whether at Naishapur or Babylon ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
Whether at Naishapur or Babylon (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Whether at Naishapur or Babylon

Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Myself when young did eagerly frequent

[No Title] (Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside

With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann: Myself when young did eagerly frequent

[No Title] (Yet Ah! that Spring should vanish with the Rose!) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann, L. Lehmann ENG
Yet Ah! that Spring should vanish with the Rose! (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) ENG
L. Lehmann, L. Lehmann: Yet Ah! that Spring should vanish with the Rose!

[No Title] (Ah, moon of my delight, that knows no wane ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (I sometimes think that never blows so red ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (Myself when young did eagerly frequent ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (I sent my Soul through the Invisible ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (The worldly hope men set their Hearts upon ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (They say the Lion and the Lizard keep ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (Ah, fill the Cup! What boots it to repeat ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (As then the Tulip for her morning sup ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (And this delightful Herb whose tender Green ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (Heav'n but the vision of fulfilled Desire) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (Waste not your hour! ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann, L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (Lo, some we lov'd, the loveliest and best) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (Strange, is it not, that of the myriads who) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (Ah, Love, could you and I with Fate conspire ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (And when thyself with shining foot shall pass ) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG
[No Title] (So when that Angel of the darker Drink) (from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) - L. Lehmann ENG

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