Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur, credited to Omar Khayyam, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur, by Omar Khayyam. Translated by Eben Francis Thompson. In 1906, Eben Francis Thompson, scholar and poet, published a limited edition of his translation of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam. This edition contains 878 quatrains, and represents the most extensive translation of Omar's rubai in any language. In the Introduction, Nathan Haskell Dole writes: Mr Thompson has put into English verse this whole body of Persian poetry. It is a marvel of close translation, accurate and satisfactory. He has succeeded in doing exactly what he set out to do - to add nothing and to take nothing away, but to put into the typical quatrain, as determined by Fitzgerald and others, exactly what Omar and his unknown imitators said. (Summary by Algy Pug)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur
• Author credits: Omar Khayyam
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 4:17:02

Catalogue topics

• ancient texts
• philosophy
• poetry
• religion

Track guide

1. 0 - Introduction & Preface — 23:08
2. 1 - Quatrains 1 - 101 — 28:02
3. 2 - Quatrains 102 - 200 — 23:40
4. 3 - Quatrains 201 - 299 — 25:25
5. 4 - Quatrains 300 - 401 — 28:18
6. 5 - Quatrains 402 - 500 — 28:44
7. 6 - Quatrains 501 - 599 — 26:42
8. 7 - Quatrains 600 - 701 — 28:21
9. 8 - Quatrains 702 - 815 — 26:49
10. 9 - Quatrains 816 - 878 — 17:56

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