Rubaiyat of Khayyam: In Farsi with English Translation
Born in 11th-century, Khayyam was raised in the town of Nishapur in present-day northern Iran. Khayyám is best known for his work as a poet. The Rubáiyát, his collection of hundreds of quatrains (or rubais), was first translated from Farsi into English in 1859 by Edward Fitzgerald. The short poems of the Rubáiyát celebrate the pleasures of life while illuminating the nuanced political and religious context in which they were created.
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Omar Khayyam was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, who is widely considered to be one of the most influential scientists of the Middle Ages. He is mainly known to English-speaking readers through the translation of a collection of his Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1859), by the English writer Edward FitzGerald. In this book, you’ll find Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in Persian and their translations in English.
This bilingual book can be useful for students and enjoyable for poetry lovers of any age. Not only will poems improve your Persian language, but they’ll help your understanding of Persian culture. Students will have ample opportunities to enrich their Persian learning experience and extend a range of language abilities through exploring these poems.
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