عمر خیام

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born

May 25, 1048 in نیشابور / Néjŝâbur, Iran

died

November 06, 1131

gender

male

website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khayyam

genre

Poetry

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Omar Khayyám (Persian: ‏عمر خیام ; Arabic: عمر خیام English: Omar Khayyam) was a Persian polymath, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, physician, and poet. He wrote treatises on mechanics, geography, and music.

His significance as a philosopher and teacher, and his few remaining philosophical works, have not received the same attention as his scientific and poetic writings. Zamakhshari referred to him as “the philosopher of the world”. Many sources have testified that he taught for decades the philosophy of Ibn Sina in Nishapur where Khayyám was born buried and where his mausoleum remains today a masterpiece of Iranian architecture visited by many people every year.

Outside Iran and Persian speaking countries, Khayyám has had impact on li...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 3,352 ratings · 198 reviews · 42 distinct works

	نوروزنامه by عمر خیام, مجتبي مينويي (تصحيح) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1343	My rating:
	Omar Khayym 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions	My rating:
	بررسیِ انتقادیِ رباعیّاتِ خیّام by عمر خیام, Arthur Emanuel Christensen (Editor), فریدون بدره‌ای (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	My rating:
	Vinom lyubvi smyagchaj nepravdy zhizni 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Sad Istin 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	The Rose Garden of Omar Khayyam (1910) by عمر خیام, Eben Thompson (Translator) 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	رباعيات خيام by Omar Khayyam, عمر خیام, محمدعلی فروغی (تصحيح) 4.22 avg rating — 3,960 ratings — published 1100 — 380 editions	My rating:
	Drevo bytiya Omara Khayyáma Aforizmy i izrecheniya. 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	My rating:
	Omar Khayam Nachdichtungen 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	De ware zin heeft niemand nog verstaan: kwatrijnen van Omar Khayyam en andere Perzische dichters by عمر خیام, J.T.P. de Bruijn (Translator), ʻUmar K̲ayyām 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:

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Quotes by عمر خیام

“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.”
― عمر خیام, رباعيات خيام

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“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
― عمر خیام

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“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.”
― عمر خیام, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

tags: indelibility , life , piety , regret , time , wit

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