his poetry is simple, short and deep
My life lasts but a day or two, and fast
Sweeps by, like torrent stream or desert blast,
Howbeit, of two days I take no heed,—
The day to come, and that already past.
این یک دو سه روزه نوبتِ عمر گذشت
چون آب بجویبار و چون باد بدشت
هرگز غمِ دو روز مرا یاد نگشت
روزی که نیامدست و روزی که گذشت
A brief info on poet :
Omar Khayyám, was a Persian polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential thinkers of the Middle Ages. He also wrote numerous treatises on mechanics, geography, mineralogy, astronomy and music.
What is Quatrains ( رباعیات ) ?
A poem in four lines that is his style of poetry
translated by Edward Henry Whinfield
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This is good. I guess poems don't really have to be longer to be better. I like to write poems, but I don't do normally do them so short. Maybe I'll try one that has a lot of meaning to me.