The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in Hausa (Rubaʼiyat na Umar Khayyam a Hausa)

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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in Hausa: Umar Khayyam’s The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated into Hausa from the original.

Original author: Umar Khayyam. Original title: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated into Hausa from the English text (the work was first written in Persian).

A Rubaʼiyat na Umar Khayyam, giya da wardi suna tare da tunanin ɗan gajeren lokacin rayuwa. Waƙoƙin suna tambayar me mutum ya sani game da ƙaddara, da abin da zai biyo bayan mutuwa.

Wannan fassarar Hausa ta dogara da sigar Ingilishi ta Edward FitzGerald. Littafin ya ƙunshi bugu na biyar (1889), mai waƙoƙi 101, da bugu na farko (1859), mai waƙoƙi 75; kowace waƙa tana da layi huɗu.

Kowane rubaʼi waƙa ce mai layi huɗu. An kiyaye jerin waƙoƙin da layukansu a cikin kowane bugu. An ba da fifiko ga ma’anar layukan da Hausarsu; ba a tilasta musu ƙafiya iri ɗaya ba.

About this edition: translated from the English text of Project Gutenberg #246. Paperback, 152 x 229 mm, 50 pages, published by Cedar Pine. Cover: Muhammad Ali, A Feast in a Pavilion Setting, Cleveland Museum of Art 1920.1966.