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Omar Khayyam was a Persian polymath, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and poet. While he was well-regarded in his lifetime for his scientific achievements, Khayyam is most famous today for his poetry. Khayyam wrote in the rubaiyat style, a four-line verse form in which the first, second, and fourth lines typically rhyme.
The Rubaiyat. By Omar Khayyam. Written 1120 A.C.E. I. Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight. The Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with them from Heav'n, and strikes. The Sultan's Turret with a Shaft of Light.
The short poems of the Rubáiyát celebrate the pleasures of life while illuminating the nuanced political and religious context in which they were created. Some scholars believe that Khayyám penned only 150 or so of the quatrains; peers or predecessors are thought to have contributed the remainder.
First and fifth edition full text of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains ( rubāʿiyāt) attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia". Although commercially unsuccessful at first, FitzGerald's work was popularised from 1861 onward by ...
4. Feb. 2013 · Explore the timeless Persian poetry of Omar Khayyam in this free eBook, translated by Edward FitzGerald.
From “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam”. Wake! For the Sun, who scattered into flight. The Sultán’s Turret with a Shaft of Light. Why nods the drowsy Worshiper outside?”. The Tavern shouted—“Open, then, the Door! And, once departed, may return no more.”. Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow! Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!
