) produced the first translation in Afrikaans . Herman Charles Bosman wrote a translation in Afrikaans published in 1948. Eric Hermelin translated the Rubaiyat into Swedish in 1928. G Sankara Kurup produced a translation into Malayalam (1932) Thirunalloor Karunakaran translated the Rubaiyat into Malayalam in 1989. Duvvoori Ramireddy translated the Rubaiyat