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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Author: Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald (Translator), Willy Pogany (Illustrator)
Magna Books have now ensured that the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam can continue to be treasured by today's lovers of art, literature, philosophy and life, as it has been by generations before. — Omar Khayyam was a twelfth century Persian poet, his Rubaiyat (The Testament) was first translated and published by Edward Fitzgerald in 1859. — ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781854224514
ISBN-10: 1854224514
Publication Date: 1992
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Publisher: Magna Books
Book Type: Paperback
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I cannot read or speak Persian/Farsi, so this refers only to the English interpretation, without reference to the original.

I found this to be a beautiful, touching, and contemplative poem, which can be read literally, as a celebration of wine and the beauty of the world that surrounds us, or symbolically, as a reminder to welcome in to one's soul the 'wine of divine light'. Khayyam implores the reader to remember that life is short and a beautiful gift, and that one needs no church or priest or holy book to access heaven, as it is available all around us, if only we can sense its presence. This is the sort of mysticism found in Walt Whitman, and if you like one, you'll probably like the other.

The translation seems very fluid and expresses the dual meaning of the text well.


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