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Quatrain

Omar Khayyám (1048 - 1131)
Translated by Sir William Jones (1746 - 1794)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Quatrain by Omar Khayyám. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 29, 2012.

This is the first known English translation of a quatrain by Omar Khayyám. It appeared in Sir William Jones's "A Grammar of the Persian Language" (1771). (Introduction by Algy Pug)

Genre(s): Poetry, Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Quatrain - Read by CC	Chris Caron	00:00:38
Play 02	Quatrain - Read by DL	David Lawrence	00:00:39
Play 03	Quatrain - Read by FS	fshort	00:00:46
Play 04	Quatrain - Read by GHS	Algy Pug	00:00:39
Play 05	Quatrain - Read by HWS	Harvey Spurr	00:00:46
Play 06	Quatrain - Read by JBS	JemmaBlythe	00:00:45
Play 07	Quatrain - Read by JCM	Jason Mills	00:00:39
Play 08	Quatrain - Read by JFS	John Schuurman	00:00:49
Play 09	Quatrain - Read by JOC	JimOCR	00:00:44
Play 10	Quatrain - Read by KG	Kristin G.	00:00:48
Play 11	Quatrain - Read by LAH	Lee Ann Howlett	00:00:40
Play 12	Quatrain - Read by LKP	Lucy Perry	00:00:37
Play 13	Quatrain - Read by LLB	Lewis	00:00:51
Play 14	Quatrain - Read by LLW	Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)	00:00:48
Play 15	Quatrain - Read by MG	Martin Geeson	00:00:48
Play 16	Quatrain - Read by NLB	NoelBadrian	00:00:45
Play 17	Quatrain - Read by REF	Rhonda Federman	00:00:41
Play 18	Quatrain - Read by RN	ravenotation	00:00:51
Play 19	Quatrain - Read by TRM	Thom	00:00:48
Play 20	Quatrain - Read by UM	ekzemplaro	00:00:40

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