The Rose said: “Oh, my most radiant beauty

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The Rose said: “Oh, my most radiant beauty...
by Omar Khayyám of Nishapur, translated by Dmitri Smirnov
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From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Literal translation by Dmitri Smirnov from Russian translation by Osip Rumer (1883-1954). Source: Омар Хайям. Четверостишия. М., 1938 (Omar Khayyám. Rubaiyat. Moscow, 1938).

72452The Rose said: “Oh, my most radiant beauty...Dmitri SmirnovOmar Khayyám of Nishapur

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The Rose said: “Oh, my most radiant beauty
Is being wasted for the making of rose balm!”
“One who has smiled for a moment must cry for years”, –
The Nightingale answered in a secret language.


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