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		<title>Omar Khayyam -- Rubáiyát [رباعیات], Bod. # 148 [tr. Roe (1906), # 73]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[But thou who settest in the way a snare, With threats of hell for all who stumble there, Almighty Spirit, whom the spheres obey, Is mine the sin, or Thine the greater share? (Source (Persian)). Other translations: Oh Thou who didst with Pitfall and with Gin Beset the Road I was to wander in, Thou [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But thou who settest in the way a snare,<br />
With threats of hell for all who stumble there,<br />
<span class="tab">Almighty Spirit, whom the spheres obey,<br />
Is mine the sin, or Thine the greater share?<br />
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<br><b>Omar Khayyám </b> (1048–1123) Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer [عمر خیام]<br><i>Rubáiyát</i> [رباعیات], Bod. # 148 [tr. Roe (1906), # 73] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://rubaiyatconcordance.org/translations/roe---1906.html#:~:text=But%20thou%20who%20settest%20in%20the%20way%20a%20snare%2C%0AWith%20threats%20of%20hell%20for%20all%20who%20stumble%20there%2C%0AAlmighty%20Spirit%2C%20whom%20the%20spheres%20obey%2C%0AIs%20mine%20the%20sin%2C%20or%20Thine%20the%20greater%20share%3F" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://rubaiyatconcordance.org/the-bodleian-quatrains/bodleian-quatrain-nr-148.html">Source (Persian)</a>). Other translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>Oh Thou who didst with Pitfall and with Gin<br>
Beset the Road I was to wander in,<br>
<span class="tab">Thou wilt not with Predestination round<br>
Enmesh me, and impute my Fall to Sin?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam_(tr._Fitzgerald,_1st_edition)/The_Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam#:~:text=Oh%20Thou%20who,Fall%20to%20Sin%3F">FitzGerald</a>, 1st ed. (1859), # 57] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Oh Thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin<br>
Beset the Road I was to wander in,<br>
<span class="tab">Thou wilt not with Predestin'd Evil round<br>
Enmesh, and then impute my Fall to Sin?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam_(tr._Fitzgerald,_2nd_edition)#:~:text=Oh%20Thou%2C%20who%20didst%20with%20pitfall%20and%20with%20gin%0ABeset%20the%20Road%20I%20was%20to%20wander%20in%2C%0AThou%20wilt%20not%20with%20Predestin%27d%20Evil%20round%0AEnmesh%2C%20and%20then%20impute%20my%20Fall%20to%20Sin%3F">FitzGerald</a>, 2nd ed. (1868), # 87]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Oh Thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin<br>
Beset the Road I was to wander in,<br>
<span class="tab">Thou wilt not with Predestin'd Evil round<br>
Enmesh, and then impute my Fall to Sin!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam_(tr._Fitzgerald,_3rd_edition)#:~:text=Oh%20Thou%2C%20who%20didst%20with%20pitfall%20and%20with%20gin%0ABeset%20the%20Road%20I%20was%20to%20wander%20in%2C%0AThou%20wilt%20not%20with%20Predestin%27d%20Evil%20round%0AEnmesh%2C%20and%20then%20impute%20my%20Fall%20to%20Sin!">FitzGerald, 3rd ed.</a> (1872), # 80; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam_(tr._Fitzgerald,_4th_edition)#:~:text=Oh%20Thou%2C%20who%20didst%20with%20pitfall%20and%20with%20gin%0A%C2%A0Beset%20the%20Road%20I%20was%20to%20wander%20in%2C%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0Thou%20wilt%20not%20with%20Predestin%27d%20Evil%20round%0A%C2%A0Enmesh%2C%20and%20then%20impute%20my%20Fall%20to%20Sin!">4th ed.</a> (1879); <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam_(tr._Fitzgerald,_5th_edition)#:~:text=Oh%20Thou%2C%20who%20didst%20with%20pitfall%20and%20with%20gin%0A%C2%A0Beset%20the%20Road%20I%20was%20to%20wander%20in%2C%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0Thou%20wilt%20not%20with%20Predestined%20Evil%20round%0A%C2%A0Enmesh%2C%20and%20then%20impute%20my%20Fall%20to%20Sin!">5th ed.</a> (1889)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Thou settest snares around us manifold, and sayest, "Death to ye, if ye enter therein." Thou layest the lures Thyself, and then givest over Thy victim to doom.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/rubiytofomark00omar/page/120/mode/2up?q=%22settest+snares%22">McCarthy</a> (1879), # 296] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Thou dost with frequent snare beset the way<br>
The pilgrim's wandering footsteps to betray,<br>
<span class="tab">And all poor wretches tangled in thy snares<br>
Dost seize as prisoners and as rebels slay.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/rubaiyatofomarkh01omar/page/156/mode/2up?q=%22frequent+snare%22">Winfield</a> (1882), # 224]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>With many a snare Thou dost beset my way,<br>
And threatenest, if I fall therein, to slay;<br>
<span class="tab">Thy rule resistless sways the world, yet Thou<br>
Imputest sin, when I do but obey!<br>
[tr. Whinfield (1883), # <a href="https://archive.org/details/rubiytofomark00omar/page/216/mode/2up?q=%22With+many+a+snare%22">243</a> or <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Quatrains_of_Omar_Khayyam_(tr._Whinfield,_1883)/Quatrains_401-500#:~:text=With%20many%20a%20snare%20Thou%20dost%20beset%20my%20way%2C%0AAnd%20threatenest%2C%20if%20I%20fall%20therein%2C%20to%20slay%3B%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0Thy%20rule%20resistless%20sways%20the%20world%2C%20yet%20Thou%0AImputest%20sin%2C%20when%20I%20do%20but%20obey!">432</a>]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Thou hast prepared a Way with many a Snare, <br>
And set with many a Prize to lure us there, <br>
<span class="tab">And still, Oh God, 'tis said, Thou wilt not spare, <br>
The Man whose Foot-steps stumble unaware.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/rubaiyatofomarkh01omar/page/156/mode/2up?q=%22prepared+a+way%22">Garner</a> (1887), 2.3] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Thou hast prepared a way with many a snare<br>
And decked with many a prize to lure us there.<br>
<span class="tab">And yet. Oh, God, 'tis said Thou wilt not spare<br>
The man whose footsteps stumble unaware.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://rubaiyatconcordance.org/translations/garner---1898.html#:~:text=Thou%20hast%20prepared%20a%20way%20with%20many%20a%20snare%0AAnd%20decked%20with%20many%20a%20prize%20to%20lure%20us%20there.%0AAnd%20yet.%20Oh%2C%20God%2C%20%27tis%20said%20Thou%20wilt%20not%20spare%0AThe%20man%20whose%20footsteps%20stumble%20unaware.">Garner</a> (1898), # 87]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>An hundred thousand snares my path within Thou settest<br>
And "Thee," quoth Thou, "I'll slay, if foot therein thou settest."<br>
<span class="tab">'Tis Thou that sett'st the snares; and whoso in them falleth<br>
Thou slay'st and on his name the brand of sin Thou settest!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://rubaiyatconcordance.org/translations/payne---1898.html#:~:text=An%20hundred%20thousand%20snares%20my%20path%20within%20Thou%20settest%0AAnd%20%22Thee%2C%27%27%20quoth%20Thou%2C%20%22I%27ll%20slay%2C%20if%20foot%20therein%20thou%20settest.%22%0A%27T%20is%20Thou%20that%20sett%27st%20the%20snares%3B%20and%20whoso%20in%20them%20falleth%0AThou%20slay%27st%20and%20on%20his%20name%20the%20brand%20of%20sin%20Thou%20settest!">Payne</a> (1898), # 822]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>In a thousand places on the road I walk, Thou placest snares, <br>
Thou sayest, "I will catch thee if thou placest step in them"; <br>
<span class="tab">in no smallest thing is the world independent of Thee, <br>
Thou orderest all things, and callest me rebellious.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/proseandverse_heronallen_talbot_rubaiyatofomarkhayyam_text/page/n43/mode/2up?q=%22thousand+places%22">Heron-Allen</a> (1898), # 148]  </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>A thousand snares Thou settest in my way,<br>
And threatenest if I step therein to slay;<br>
<span class="tab">Thou mak'st Thy law and me dost rebel call,<br>
Though nowise is the world free from Thy sway!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://rubaiyatconcordance.org/translations/thompson---1906.html#:~:text=A%20thousand%20snares%20Thou%20settest%20in%20my%20way%2C%0AAnd%20threatenest%20if%20I%20step%20therein%20to%20slay%3B%0AThou%20mak%27st%20Thy%20law%20and%20me%20dost%20rebel%20call%2C%0AThough%20nowise%20is%20the%20world%20free%20from%20Thy%20sway!">Thompson</a> (1906), # 539]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>In every step I take Thou sett'st a snare,<br>
Saying, "Thus will I entrap thee, so beware!" <br>
<span class="tab">And, while all things are under Thy command,<br>
That I a rebel am Thou dost declare.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/proseandverse_heronallen_talbot_rubaiyatofomarkhayyam_text/page/n43/mode/2up?q=%22In+every+step%22">Talbot</a> (1908), # 148]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>You lay your snares around our ear and eye,<br>
And warn us not to step in, lest we die;<br>
<span class="tab">Thus snares you lay, if therein one but strays,<br>
You catch and kill him saying "Sinner fie!"<br>
[tr. <a href="https://rubaiyatconcordance.org/translations/tirtha---1941.html#:~:text=You%20lay%20your%20snares%20around%20our%20ear%20and%20eye%2C%0AAnd%20warn%20us%20not%20to%20step%20in%2C%20lest%20we%20die%27%3B%0AThus%20snares%20you%20lay%2C%20if%20therein%20one%20but%20strays%2C%0AYou%20catch%20and%20kill%20him%20saying%20%22Sinner%20fie!%22">Tirtha</a> (1941), # 11.9]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>On every path I take, Your snares are spread<br>
To entrap me, should I walk without due care.<br>
<span class="tab">Utter extremes acknowledge Your vast sway.<br>
You order all things -- yet You call me rebel?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/originalrubaiyya00omar/page/70/mode/2up?q=%22On+every+path+I+take%22">Graves & Ali-Shah</a> (1967), # 85]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>O Life, you put many traps in my way<br>
Dare to try, is what you clearly say<br>
<span class="tab">All that is, thy command must obey<br>
You lead me away and call me astray.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.okonlife.com/poems/page4.htm#:~:text=O%20Life%2C%20you%20put%20many%20traps%20in%20my%20way%0ADare%20to%20try%2C%20is%20what%20you%20clearly%20say%0AAll%20that%20is%2C%20thy%20command%20must%20obey%0AYou%20lead%20me%20away%20and%20call%20me%20astray.">Shahriari</a> (1998)]</blockquote><br>

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