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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".
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.
Feb 4, 2013 · RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. By Omar Khayyam. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Contents. Introduction. Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Omar Khayyam was born at Naishapur in Khorassan in the latter half of our Eleventh, and died within the First Quarter of our Twelfth Century.
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From “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam”. Edward Fitzgerald. 1. Wake! For the Sun, who scattered into flight. The Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with them from Heav’n and strikes. The Sultán’s Turret with a Shaft of Light. 2.
Feb 12, 2011 · Omar Khayyám was born at Naishápúr in Khorassán in the latter half of our Eleventh, and died within the First Quarter of our Twelfth Century. The slender story of his life is curiously twined about that of two other very considerable Figures in their Time and Country: one of whom tells the Story of all Three.
Born Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi al-Khayyámi, the 11th-century Persian poet, astronomer, and mathematician Omar Khayyam was raised in the town of Nishapur in present-day northern Iran. He is thought to have been the son of tent makers, as al-khayyami translates to “tent...
Sep 11, 2010 · The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the First Version translated by Edward Fitzgerald and illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan.
Apr 12, 2014 · This is the complete original version of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam as translated by Edward FitzGerald and published in 1859. ...more.
