# The Other Rubáiyát *The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 13 Nov 2011* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Nick Lee *13 Nov 2011, 17:53* I think you're all on the wrong track. Doubtless the most illuminating version of the text is this translation: Wake! for the Golden Cat has put to flight > The Mouse of Darkness with his Paw of Light: > Which means, in Plain and simple every-day > Unoriental Speech?The Dawn is bright. > They say the Early Bird the Worm shall taste. > Then rise, O Kitten! Wherefore, sleeping, waste > The Fruits of Virtue? Quick! the Early Bird > Will soon be on the Flutter?O make haste! http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24258/24258-h/24258-h.htm ---