tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post7727181095567719183..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: The Rubaiyat: Second Editiion, Quatrain LXVIFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-1800630894139431492016-06-01T08:59:54.651-07:002016-06-01T08:59:54.651-07:00Tim,
"Rest" as the remainder or as repo...Tim,<br /><br />"Rest" as the remainder or as repose. Interesting play on words--shall have to play with this. There is neither nothing beyond death nor is there a rest/repose beyond death. . .<br /><br />hmmmm . . .<br />DeleteFredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-49765925422641027972016-06-01T08:53:26.910-07:002016-06-01T08:53:26.910-07:00Brian Joseph,
Which is why I'm so fascinated ...Brian Joseph,<br /><br />Which is why I'm so fascinated with the Rubaiyat and have spent so much time here posting on it.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-17150131422013154062016-06-01T08:51:57.104-07:002016-06-01T08:51:57.104-07:00Mudpuddle,
Chuckle. . .Mudpuddle,<br /><br />Chuckle. . .Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-34042344907309699282016-06-01T08:50:39.048-07:002016-06-01T08:50:39.048-07:00madamevauquer,
Yes, that sense of finality, the e...madamevauquer,<br /><br />Yes, that sense of finality, the end of things does come across. I thought of reincarnation because in a number of quatrains, the poet points out that regardless of what the wise say, nobody has ever returned to tell us what really happens after death. <br /><br />Whatever is said about life after death is only conjecture or perhaps wishful thinking.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-38710748609628960312016-06-01T06:31:24.905-07:002016-06-01T06:31:24.905-07:00May I add something different? Hamlet says, "...May I add something different? Hamlet says, "The rest is silence." The definition of the word "rest" complicates Hamlet's (Shakespeare's) meaning (i.e., "rest" as remainder, "rest" as repose, "rest" as afterlife). Perhaps "rest" also complicates your quatrain. RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-14923691486960540372016-06-01T01:56:38.354-07:002016-06-01T01:56:38.354-07:00I really need to read larger portions of these tra...I really need to read larger portions of these translations. <br /><br />This verse expresses such a universal issue and it expresses it so very well. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-46161822082079670472016-05-31T15:41:14.370-07:002016-05-31T15:41:14.370-07:00interesting that between the first and second, the...interesting that between the first and second, the references to heaven and hell are added; i'm imagining a subeditor fuming to himself as to why the first edition wasn't Christian and deciding to do something about it... shades of Mrs Grundy or a relative...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-76812878345237946992016-05-31T12:25:42.840-07:002016-05-31T12:25:42.840-07:00I took "flower" to mean humankind althou...I took "flower" to mean humankind although until I read your comments I hadn't thought really of it as rejecting reincarnation. My immediate thought of the physical death and lurking in the back of my mind was the death of hopes and dreams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com