Richard le Gallienne was an English poet and critic, who, although unfamiliar with the Persian language, had a profound interest in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. In 1897 he published a collection of 211 quatrains, which was based on earlier English translations, in particular the prose version by Justin Huntly McCarthy. A expanded edition, containing fifty additional quatrains was published in 1901, and this has been used for the present recording.

Latest episodes of the podcast Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Le Gallienne) by Omar Khayyám

• 0 - Introduction
• 1 - Quatrains 1 - 90
• 2 - Quatrains 91 - 180
• 3 - Quatrains 181 - 261