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The Moving Finger

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (trans. E.M. Fitzgerald)

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2 Responses to “The Moving Finger”

  1. Navneeth's avatar
    Navneeth Says:
    May 18, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    It’s a sad day when I realised that this — or at least part of this — was not an original line from The Big Bang Theory.

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  2. Unknown's avatar
    A Gift | In the Dark Says:
    November 9, 2021 at 4:28 pm

    […] Anyway, here is the German translation (not by Fitzgerald) of one of the most well-known verses: […]

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