Omar Khayyâm. Quatrains á odeur de vin et de rose. Variations de Patrick Reumaux. Paris, Éditions Emmanuelle Collas, 2021. 92 p.; 19 x 12,5 cm. ISBN: 978-2-490155-27-9.
Le mystère de la création, p. 7
La douleur de la vie, p. 15
Prescrit de toute éternité, p. 21
La roue du temps, p. 27
La matière environnante, p. 37
Advienne que pourra, p. 45
Rien, p. 57
Cueillons l’instant, p. 63
Comment ne pas être persan, p. 79
Omar Khayyâm et ses rubaiyat, p. 89
French novelist and essayist Renaud Mercier published a versified adaptation of the quatrains from the Bodleian manuscipt, based on the edition by Edward Heron-Allen of 1898. In a short introduction the translator explains why the rhyme scheme has been altered to AABB, which means that there is no ‘free’ third line, as not to discomfort French ears.
The booklet is printed on demand, and is also available as a Kindle e-book, from Amazon.
Les quatrains d’Omar Khayyam (adaptation versifiée). Renaud Mercier. 2014.
72 p. ISBN: 9781494315399