W. Jones
The first translation into English of Khayyám counts no more than one and a half quatrain, and it is included in 'A Grammar of The Persian Language' (Londen, 1771) by Sir William Jones (1746-94). Khayyám's name is not yet given here, as the verses are ascribed to him at a later moment.
"Hear how the crowing cock at early dawn
Loudly laments the rising of the sun
Has he perceived that of your precious life
Another night has passed, and you care not?
As spring arrived and winter passed away,
The pages of our life were folded back."