Multilingual Rubaiyat

The most famous translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is that by Edward Fitzgerald into English, of which five editions were published between 1859 and 1889.
Many translations into other languages have been published since that time. A number of translators, who were not conversant with the Persian language, chose to translate one of Fitzgerald's versions rather than the original. This project features several of these translations, based on the first, fourth and fifth editions of Fitzgerald.

Translations featured in this recording:

First Edition

French translation by Charles Grolleau

Italian translation by Fulvia Faruffini

German translation by Walter Fraenzel

Spanish translation by Ismael Enrique Arciniegas

Dutch translation by Christiaan Leendert van Balen Jr.

Fourth Edition

Spanish translation by Jose Castellot

Fifth Edition

Italian translation by Mario Chini

French translation by James Henry Hallard

Greek translation by Ernest Crawley

Italian translation by Diego Angeli - Summary by algy pug