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  1. The Rubiayat of Omar Khayyam
  2. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam as rendered into English verse by Edward FitzGerald by Omar Khayyam, 1947
  3. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: English, French, German, Italian, and Danish Translations Compaaratively Arranged in Accordance with the Text of Edward Fitzgerald's ... Bibliographies, and Other Material, Volu by Omar Khayyam, Nathan Haskell Dole, 2010-03-08
  4. Dinner at Omar Khayyam's by George Mardikian, 1969-01-01
  5. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. by Omar Khayyam, 1919-01-01
  6. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Anonymous, 2010-03-05
  7. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Fitzgerald Khayyam Omar, 2007-12-28
  8. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyám, 2010-07-24
  9. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Omar Khayyam, Justin Huntly McCarthy, 2010-02-26
  10. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam, 1947
  11. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in English Verse, Edward Fitzgerald: The Text of the Fourth Edition, Followed by That of the First; with Notes Showing the Extent ... Persian Original; and a Biographical Preface by Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald, et all 2010-02-28
  12. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer Poet of Persia by Omar Khayyam, 2010-01-01
  13. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, the astronomer poet of Persia by Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald, et all 2010-08-04
  14. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Explained by Paramahansa Yogananda, 1996-12-31

61. Omar Khayyam
encyclopediaEncyclopedia omar khayyam, O'mär kIäm' Pronunciation Key. OmarKhayyam , fl. 11th cent., Persian poet and mathematician, b. Nishapur.
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(Nishapur c. 1050- Nishapur 1122) Persian mathematician and poet.
Omar Khayyam ('Omar the tentmaker') was educated as a mathematician and astronomer, and worked at the royal court as astronomer. His works on algebra and geometry gave him an elevated position in his own time.
In 1077 he issued an important work that solved problems with the mathematics of Euclid, problems mathematicians in Europe managed to solve only 5-600 years later. From 1074 to 1079 Khayyam worked on a reform of the calendar system. The new system was used until 1925 in Persia (now Iran
It is for his poetry that he now is best remembered, collected in Rabayat , even if it now is believed that a large part of the 1,000 four-line stanzas cannot be attributed to him. Omar Khayyam's fame in the West came with the paraphrase by the British Edward Fitzgerald in 1859. The true Rabayat , the Iranian one, has poems covering four subjects:
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    The first edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The verses (Rubaiyat) of Omar Khayyam have been enormously influential in many peoples' thoughts since publication of their 'translation' in 1859 by Edward FitzGerald. Their mixture of cynicism and hope, of exaltation by turns of both intellect and senses, has meant that the verses are often quoted aphoristically. They are in any case largely independent. One, Verse LI of this version, has become famous. It is an excellent encapsulation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Edward FitzGerald and the translation of the Rubaiyat It is widely recognised that the 'translation' that FitzGerald made had about it a good deal of FitzGerald himself. The first verse is entirely his own invention, and as to the rest: "It must be admitted that FitzGerald took great liberties with the original in his version of Omar Khayyam." So wrote W Aldis Wright, who edited a version of the Rubaiyat for Macmillan in 1962. There is no definitive list of rubaiyat that can be attributed to Omar; the Sufi Trust has published a parallel Arabic/English version with over 400 quatrains, for example. From the point of view of enjoyment, therefore, not of scholarship, the first FitzGerald version is given. A four-column version of the Rubaiyat showing the changes between the versions can be found at Richard Brodie's site Omar Khayyam Omar Khayyam was born in Naishapur in Khorassan, Persia, in ther latter half of the eleventh century. Very little is known about him; he was active in astronomy and in calendar reform, and wrote a treatise on algebra. His family name means 'tentmaker'. He died probably in 1123.

    64. Rubaiyat: Biography Of Omar Khayyam
    OMAR KHAYYÁM. OMAR KHAYYÁM was born at Naishápúr in Khorassán in the latter halfof our Eleventh, and died within the First Quarter of our Twelfth Century.
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    66. Iranian Literature: Omar Khayyam
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    Statue of Omar Khayyam mar Khayyam lived between 1044 and 1123 A.D. and his full name was Ghiyath al-Din Abul Fateh Omar Ibn Ibrahim Khayyam. Omar Khayyam was an outstanding mathematician and astronomer. He was also well known as a poet, philosopher, and physician. In the "History of Western Philosophy", Bertrand Russell remarks that Omar Khayyam was the only man known to him who was both a poet and a mathematician. Omar Khayyam reformed the solar calendar in 1079 A.D. His work on Algebra was highly valued throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.Apart from being a scientist, Khayyam was also a well-known poet. In this capacity, he has become more popularly known in the Western world since 1839, when Edward Fitzgerald published an English translation of his Rubaiyat (quatrains). This has since become one of the most popular classics of world literature. It should be appreciated that it is practically impossible to exactly translate any literary work into another language, what to talk of poetry, especially when it involves mystical and philosophical messages of deep complexity. Despite this, the popularity of the translation of Rubaiyat would indicate the wealth of his rich thought.

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    Sources. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam (First Edition) Rendered into EnglishVerse by Edward Fitzgerald. Bernard Quaritate, London, 1859.
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    Omar Khaiyyam was born at Naishapur in Khorassan in 1038 and died 1241. He lived under the patronage of the Vizier of that time, Nizam-ul-Mulk “busied,” said the Vizier, “in winning knowledge of every kind, and especially in astronomy, wherein he attained to a very high pre-eminence.” Omar (or Umar) was a mathematician as well as an astronomer and contributed to the reform of the Muslim calendar. According to some accounts he left his academic studies to take up Sufic training under a Sheik or teacher. It may have been at this time that he wrote the verses that Edward Fitzgerald found and translated some seven centuries later. Fitzgerald’s Rubaiyyat of Omar Khaiyyam was very well received as an English poem, but Persian writers have expressed concern about the distortions he introduced by his very free and selective translation. Fitzgerald spoke of his work as a “transmogrification” and mentioned that he “mashed” together verses. His poem stressed living for the day, because of the impossibility of understanding the universe. It emphasized the immensity of space and time and the insignificance of man, and advocated shared friendship and conviviality, particularly the vinous delights of the tavern. Independent of whether the words have a secret meaning known only to initiates

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    Millions of Bubbles like us and will pour. The Rubaiyat (FitzGerald's trans.) 1889 ed. l. 2 reads "Account and mine, should know the like no more" Life Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say; Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday? The Rubaiyat , (FitzGerald's translation) [ Roses I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell, And by and by my Soul returned to me, And answered "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell." The Rubaiyat , (FitzGerald's translation) [ Soul Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about: but evermore Came out by the same door wherein I went.

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    75. Omar Khayyam
    omar khayyam. omar khayyam was a Persian poet, mathmatician, and astronomer.His full name was Abual- Fath Omar ben lurahim al-Khayyam.
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    Omar Khayyam was a Persian poet, mathmatician, and astronomer. His full name was Abu-al- Fath Omar ben lurahim al-Khayyam. Omar wrote the original Rubaiyat. He was famous as a mathmatition and astronomer. His work on algebra was well known throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. He also contributed to a calander reform. His fame as a poet has eclipsed his scientific achievments, even though versions of the forms and verses used in the Rubaiyat existed in Persian literature before Khayyam. Return to 1000-1200 Main Page

    76. Omar Khayyam. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
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    80. The Ruba'iyat Of Omar Khayyam - Omar Khayyam
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    - Return to top of the page - Our Assessment: B- : while perhaps truer to Khayyam, this translation is uneven and not entirely satisfactory. See our review for fuller assessment. The complete review 's Review The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam is generally known in the translation(s) created by Edward FitzGerald in the nineteenth century. It is generally acknowledged that, for all their capturing the spirit of Khayyam's originals and so on, they are not truly faithful to the Persian verses. In addition, FitzGerald worked from a specific manuscript, which included verses that are now considered certainly not to have been by Khayyam. In an attempt to offer a truer picture of Khayyam's poetry Peter Avery and John Heath-Stubbs presented this version in 1979 (now available as a Penguin Classics paperback). It differs from FitzGerald's in that it contains considerably more verses (235 quatrains, as opposed to less than half as many in Fitz's versions), that the order differs (making comparison difficult), and that they try to be more faithful to the original Persian. This book also offers a thirty page introduction by Peter Avery, addressing many of the questions about the ruba'i form, Omar Khayyam, and his times, though many questions we had remained unanswered there. In particular, there is little explanation of their differences with FitzGerald, which we would have found useful.

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