Ah, not a drop that from our Cups we throw (Fitzgerald, set by L. Lehmann) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Ah, not a drop that from our Cups we throw
For Earth to drink of, but may steal below,
To quench the fire of Anguish in some Eye
There hidden, far beneath, and long ago.

Input by Barbara Miller

Authorship

Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883)

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Based on

text

Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048-c1122)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)

In a Persian Garden

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