Note 87 — AN ANALYSIS OF EDWARD FITZGERALD'S TRANSLATION OF THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM (Fifth Edition) By EDWARD HERON-ALLEN
Edward FitzGerald translation
Kah-ruba means literally «attracting straws»; hence «amber,» the ἢλεκτρον of the Greeks. Here it is used in the descriptive sense to mean «yellow.»