quotes by Omar Khayyám

"Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."
— Omar Khayyám (Rubaiyat)

"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"
— Omar Khayyám (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)

"Today is the time of my youth
I drink wine because it is my solace;
Do not blame me, although it is bitter it is pleasant,
It is bitter because it is my life."
— Omar Khayyám

"So I be written in the Book of Love; I do not care about that Book above. Erase my name, or write it as you will, So I be written in the Book of Love."
— Omar Khayyám

"Why ponder thus the future to foresee, and jade thy brain to vain perplexity? Cast off thy care, leave Allah’s plans to him – He formed them all without consulting thee.” Three Cups of Tea"
— Omar Khayyám (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)

"Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet."
— Omar Khayyám

"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."
— Omar Khayyám

"Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,
Before we too into the Dust descend;
Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie
Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and--sans End!

Alike for those who for To-day prepare,
And those that after some To-morrow stare,
A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries
"Fools! your Reward is neither Here nor There."
— Omar Khayyám (Rubaiyat)

"I sent my Soul through the Invisible,
Some letter of that After-life to spell:
And by and by my Soul return'd to me,
And answer'd: 'I Myself am Heav'n and Hell'"
— Omar Khayyám

"ای آمده از عالم روحانی تفت
حیران شده در چهار و پنج و شش و هفت
می خور چو ندانی ز کجا آمده ای
خوش باش ندانی به کجا خواهی رفت"
— Omar Khayyám (Rubayats of Omar Khayam)

"A book of verses underneath the bough
A jug of wine, a loaf of bread and thou
Beside me singing in the wilderness
And wilderness is paradise now."
— Omar Khayyám (Les Rubayat)

"There was a water-drop, it joined the sea,
A speck of dust, it was fused with earth;
what of your entering and leaving this world?
A fly appeared, and disappeared."
— Omar Khayyám

"Be happy for this moment,
This moment is your life."
— Omar Khayyám

"دریاب که از روح جدا خواهی رفت
در پرده اسرار فنا خواهی رفت
می نوش ندانی از کجا آمده‌ای
خوش باش ندانی به کجا خواهی رفت"
— Omar Khayyám

"When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back."
— Omar Khayyám

"Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!
One thing at least is certain - This Life flies;
One thing is certain and the rest is Lies -
The Flower that once has blown forever dies."
— Omar Khayyám (The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)

"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."
— Omar Khayyám

"The rose that once has bloomed forever dies."
— Omar Khayyám (Les Rubayat)

"Glücklich der, der diese Welt nie sah."
— Omar Khayyám

"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread - and Thou."
— Omar Khayyám (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)

"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Flask of Wine, a Loaf of Bread - and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness -
And Wilderness is Paradise enow."
— Omar Khayyám (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)

"ای بی خبر این جسم مجسم هیچ است
وین طارم نه سپهر ارقم هیچ است
خوش باش که در نشیمن کون و فساد
وابسته یک دمیم آن هم هیچ است"
— Omar Khayyám (Rubayats of Omar Khayam)

"The moving finger writes; and having writ,
Moves on: nor all your piety nor wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line
Nor all your tears was out a word of it."
— Omar Khayyám