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Omar Khayyám

Born

in Nishapur, Khorasan, Seljuq empire

March 01, 1048

Died

September 04, 1131

Genre

Poetry, Science, Philosophy

Influences

Ibn al-Rawandi, Al-Maʿarri, Muhammad al Warraq, Muhammad ibn Zakariya ...more

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Arabic:عمر الخيام Persian:عمر خیام
Kurdish: عومەر خەییام

Omar Khayyám was a Persian polymath, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, physician, and poet. He wrote treatises on mechanics, geography, and music. His significance as a philosopher and teacher, and his few remaining philosophical works, have not received the same attention as his scientific and poetic writings. Zamakhshari referred to him as “the philosopher of the world”. Many sources have testified that he taught for decades the philosophy of Ibn Sina in Nishapur where Khayyám was born buried and where his mausoleum remains today a masterpiece of Iranian architecture visited by many people every year.

Outside Iran and Persian speaking countries, Khayyám has had impact on liter ...more

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Omar Khayyám’s books

Average rating: 4.17 · 27,508 ratings · 2,775 reviews · 546 distinct works • Similar authors

	رباعيات خيام 4.17 avg rating — 23,734 ratings — published 1120 — 2455 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ترانه‌های خیام by Omar Khayyám, صادق هدایت (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 1,496 ratings — published 1934 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wine of the Mystic: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: A Spiritual Interpretation by Omar Khayyám, Paramahansa Yogananda 4.25 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 1994 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and Other Writings by Omar Khayyám, Edward FitzGerald (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 351 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strategies of Prophet Muhammad by Omar Khayyám, Darussalam 4.36 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interpretation of Dreams by Omar Khayyám, Darussalam 4.50 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	رباعيات الخيام by Omar Khayyám, عمر الخيام, أحمد رامي (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 122 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	نوروزنامه 3.84 avg rating — 97 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald followed by Euphranor a Dialogue on Youth and Salámán and Absál, an Allegory Translated from the Persian of Jámí by Omar Khayyám, Edward FitzGerald (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1953 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vivre te soit bonheur 3.72 avg rating — 57 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Omar Khayyám (?)

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
― OMAR KHAYYAM, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

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“Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
― Omar Khayyam, رباعيات خيام

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“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”
― Omar Khayyám

tags: indelibility, poetry, regret, time

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Polls

December 2025 - Short Story/Novella Poll

A Clean Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway

27 votes, 22.0%

A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J.D. Salinger

21 votes, 17.1%

The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyám

17 votes, 13.8%

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

17 votes, 13.8%

Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton

15 votes, 12.2%

Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal

11 votes, 8.9%

Jamilia by Chingiz Aitmatov

7 votes, 5.7%

Sultana's Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

4 votes, 3.3%

Fräulein Else by Arthur Schnitzler

4 votes, 3.3%

A Silver Dish by Saul Bellow

0 votes, 0.0%

123 total votes

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