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A line of English translation of ''The Moving Finger'' quatrain. Persian Rubiyats of Omar Khayyam on one the faculty buildings of Leiden University. The quatrain by Omar Khayyam known as "The Moving Finger", in the form of its translation by the English poet Edward Fitzgerald is one of the most popular quatrains in the Anglosphere. [89] It reads:
A collection of postcards with paintings of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Indian artist M. V. Dhurandhar.. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains (rubāʿiyāt) attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia".
Edward FitzGerald or Fitzgerald [a] (31 March 1809 – 14 June 1883) was an English poet and writer. His most famous poem is the first and best-known English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which has kept its reputation and popularity since the 1860s.
One of the most famous authors in the tradition of Persian literature is Omar Khayyám, a medieval Persian poet and astronomer. The Moving Finger writes: and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. — Omar Khayyám
The Moving Finger is a 1942 book by Agatha Christie. ... "The Moving Finger", a quatrain by Omar Khayyam; Confessions of the Mind, a 1970 album by The Hollies, ...
Larger scale works include the Piano Concerto (2010), which is subtitled 'The Moving Finger Writes'; a quotation from FitzGerald's translation of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, [2] and the Violin Concerto (2015) commissioned by the French violinist Philippe Graffin. [3] There are also songs and various smaller instrumental works.
The Moving Finger is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the USA by Dodd, Mead and Company in July 1942 [1] and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1943. [2] The US edition retailed at $2.00 [1] and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence. [2]
The Moving Finger: Agatha Christie: Edward FitzGerald (trans.), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: The Moving Toyshop: Edmund Crispin: Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock: Mr Standfast: John Buchan: John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress: Nectar in a Sieve: Kamala Markandaya: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Work without Hope" The Needle's Eye: Margaret Drabble ...