26 October 2016 - Omar Khayyam

Do you remember the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam? You know, “A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—that’s Lunch!” Today we remember Edward FitzGerald’s version, a translation so free that the first edition was called The Ruby Yacht of O. Markham. At the time, however, the translation was not considered free, but dear.