The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) The Rubáiyát (Arabic: رباعیات) is a collection of poems (of which there are about a thousand) attributed to the Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyám (1048-1123). "Rubaiyat" means "quatrains": verses of four lines.
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[edit] Translations
Edward FitzGerald's Translation
Other translations
- E.H. Whinfield's translation
- Richard Le Gallienne's translation
- What is the benefit of our arrival and departure? (Literal)
- The Rose said: “Oh, my most radiant beauty (Rumer/Smirnov)
- What do you mean to the world? – Nothing! (Rumer/Smirnov)
[edit] See Also
- Khayyam Summary at groups.dcs
- The Rubaiyat By Omar Khayyam at Adelaide. Edu.
- Rubaiyat of Khayyam by Edward FitzGerald
- The Rubaiyat of Hayyam by Wallace Irwin at Gutenberg Project
- The Rubaiyat and Paramahansa Yogananda's Commentary
- The Rubaiyat of Hayyam in Farsi, German and English with literal translations and explanations

