R for Rubaiyat

ABC Wednesday
May 8th, 2017

The letter is R for The Rubaiyat

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

is the title that

Edward Fitzgerald

gave to his translation of a selection

of poetry originally 

written in Persian

and numbering about a thousand verses

attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048-1131)

a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer

And here are a few of the lovely verses you will find

in the first few pages of the book.

Lo, some we loved, the loveliest and best

The Time and Fate of all their Vintage prest

Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before,

And one by one crept silently to Rest.

Remember that the Moving Finger

does move on ........

and although Omar Khayyam would be

much more passionate about it,

still it is my reason d'etre

for DaybyDay

More Rs here at ABC Wednesday,

with thanks to all who work so diligently

to make this meme so interesting

and widespread.