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Omar Khayyám
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born
May 18, 1048
died
December 04, 1131
gender
male
place of birth
Neyshabur, Iran, Islamic Republic of
genre
Poetry
about this author
Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, renowned in his own country and time for his scientific achievements but chiefly known to English-speaking readers through the translation of a collection of his roba'iyat (“quatrains”) in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859), by the English writer Edward Fitzgerald.
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"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)
— 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)
— 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
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
