his poetry is simple, short and deep
No base or light-weight coins pass current here,
Of such a broom has swept our dwelling clear;
Forth from the tavern comes a sage and cries,
"Drink! for ye all must sleep through ages drear."
با ما درمِ قلب نمیگیرد جفت
جاروب طربخانهٔ ما پاک برُفت
پیری ز خرابات برون آمد و گفت
می خور که بعمرهات میابد خفت
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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