Omar Khayyam: 31 books

Omar Khayyam, Arabic in full Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nīsābūrī al-Khayyāmī, (born May 18, 1048, Neyshābūr [also spelled Nīshāpūr], Khorāsān [now Iran]—died December 4, 1131, Neyshābūr), Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, renowned in his own...

First published in English by Edward Fitzgerald in 1859 from its original Farsi, “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” is a collection of quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam, a Persian astronomer and mathematician born in the later part of the 11th century. Omar Khayyam’s poetry, which received very...

Edward FitzGerald gave the title The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam to his translation of poetry attributed to the Persian poet, astronomer and mathematician Omar Khayyam (1048-1123). The word "Rubaiyat" means quatrains - verses of four lines. These works by Fitzgerald are the best known English translations....

Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam.

A work of staggering poetic beauty that has inspired the likes of John Ruskin, T. S. Eliot, and Robert Bly, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam was written in eleventh-century Persia and was largely unknown in the West until it was translated into English by Edward FitzGerald in 1859. In FitzGerald's hands,...

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam. Translated by Edward FitzGerald libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!

This book is a part of the Rubaiyat attributed to Omar Khayyam in its original language, Farsi (Persian). I compiled this e-book since I found almost rare trace of the rich repertoire of Persian poetry in e-book bookstores like Kindle and Kobo. I believe Persian speakers and those in love with the...

This bilingual (English/Farsi) book strives to make readers more familiar with one of Persia's foremost astronomers and mathematicians of his time. Over nine centuries ago, Omar Khayyam composed one of the greatest lyrical odes that echoed the doubts and hopes of both men and women. He is now revered...

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, first written in Persian and numbering about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám (1048–1131), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. A ruba'i is a two-line...

Robaiyat ou Quatrains (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée) * Inclus une courte biographie d'Omar Khayyam Descriptif : Les Rubaïyat (ou quatrains) d'Omar Khayyam sont une collection de poèmes, écrits en persan, attribués à l'écrivain et savant perse Omar Khayyam (1048-1131)....

«'Omar Al-Khayyami was a Nishapuri by birth and extraction. He [may be regarded as] the successor of Abu 'Ali (Avicenna) in the various branches of philosophic learning; but he was a man of reserved character and disliked entertaining (sayyik al-'atan). While he was in Ispahan he perused a certain...

Omar Khayyam was a Persian astronomer and mathematician born in the later part of the 11th century. His poetry, which received very little notoriety in its day, achieved classic status when it was discovered and rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald over seven hundred years later. Presented...

From the Persian astronomer and philosopher Omar Khayyam comes this collection of poems that will take your breath away.  The quatrains are simple and spontaneous yet brimming with beauty.  Not discovered until 1859, they are now some of the best-known and most frequently quoted verses.

Omar Khayyam pratique, en toute sérénité d’âme, « l’indifférence à la foi et au doute ». Ni l’étude, ni le raisonnement, ni l’intuition ne peuvent nous éclairer, et l’impuissance est égale de ceux qui par la science ou par la religion espèrent résoudre l’énigme de ce monde....