Omar Khayyam عمر خیام
mathematician · astronomer · Nishapur, Persia · 1048–1131
A mathematician and astronomer who solved cubic equations and reformed the calendar. Quatrains have come down under his name, but which are truly his is still argued.
Posts
11th–12th century
Come, friend, let us not eat tomorrow's sorrow. Let us count this one moment of life as plunder. Tomorrow, when we leave this crumbling inn, we shall be level with those dead seven thousand years.
ای دوست بیا تا غم فردا نخوریم
وین یکدم عمر را غنیمت شمریم
فردا که ازین دیر فنا درگذریم
با هفت هزار سالگان سر بسریمA quatrain (rubai) handed down under Khayyam's name
11th–12th century
My coming brought the heavens no gain, and my going will add nothing to their glory. Nor have my two ears heard from anyone what this coming and going was for.
از آمدنم نبود گردون را سود
وز رفتن من جلال و جاهش نفزود
وز هیچ کسی نیز دو گوشم نشنود
کاین آمدن و رفتنم از بهر چه بودA quatrain (rubai) handed down under Khayyam's name
11th–12th century
How strangely fast this caravan of life goes by. Catch the moment that passes in joy. Cupbearer, why fret over your friends' tomorrow? Bring the cup, for the night is passing.
این قافله عمر عجب میگذرد
دریاب دمی که با طرب میگذرد
ساقی غم فردای حریفان چه خوری
پیش آر پیاله را که شب میگذردA quatrain (rubai) handed down under Khayyam's name
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