"The Koran! well, come put me to the test— Lovely old book in hideous error drest—  Believe me, I can quote the Koran too, The unbeliever knows his Koran best."
— Quran

January 1, 1970

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Not a literal translation of Omar Khayyám's work, but a paraphrase according to Richard Le Gallienne's own understanding, as stated in Le Gallienne's Paraphrase and the Limits of Translation'' by Adam Talib, pp. 175-176.