What’s Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat?

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is a collection of quatrains written in Persian, believed to be by Omar Khayyam. It has been translated into many languages, with Edward Fitzgerald’s English version being the most famous. Translations often reflect the concerns of the translator, and Fitzgerald’s version added a sense of narrative flow. The Rubaiyat was […]

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