Quatrain
Omar Khayyám
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Length 15 min
Chapters 20
First published 1771
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)
Chapters
1
Quatrain - Read by CC Read by Chris Caron 0:38
2
Quatrain - Read by DL Read by David Lawrence 0:39
3
Quatrain - Read by FS Read by fshort 0:46
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Quatrain - Read by GHS Read by Algy Pug 0:39
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Quatrain - Read by HWS Read by Harvey Spurr 0:46
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Quatrain - Read by JBS Read by JemmaBlythe 0:45
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Quatrain - Read by JCM Read by Jason Mills 0:39
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Quatrain - Read by JFS Read by John Schuurman 0:49
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Quatrain - Read by JOC Read by JimOCR 0:44
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Quatrain - Read by KG Read by Kristin G. 0:48
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Quatrain - Read by LAH Read by Lee Ann Howlett 0:40
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Quatrain - Read by LKP Read by Lucy Perry 0:37
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Quatrain - Read by LLB Read by Lewis 0:51
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Quatrain - Read by LLW Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 0:48
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Quatrain - Read by MG Read by Martin Geeson 0:48
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Quatrain - Read by NLB Read by NoelBadrian 0:45
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Quatrain - Read by REF Read by Rhonda Federman 0:41
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Quatrain - Read by RN Read by ravenotation 0:51
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Quatrain - Read by TRM Read by Thom 0:48
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Quatrain - Read by UM Read by ekzemplaro 0:40
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