Of all my seeking this is all my gain: No agony of any mort… - Omar Khayyám

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Of all my seeking this is all my gain:
No agony of any mortal brain
Shall wrest the secret of the life of man;
The Search has taught me that the Search is vain.

Omar Khayyám

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About Omar Khayyám

Omar Khayyam [ عمر خیام Persian] (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, writer, and poet; originally named Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi Khayyámi (غیاث الدین ابو الفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابوری) Edward FitzGerald's translations of his poetic Rubaiyat (Quatrains) were immensely popular, and remain influential.

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Pen Names: خیام

Native Name: حکیم عُمَر خَیّام نیشابوری • غیاث الدین ابو الفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشاپوری

Alternative Names: Omar Khayyam • Hakim Omar Khayyám

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Then of the Thee in Me works behind The Veil, I lifted up my hands to find A Lamp amid the Darkness; and I heard, As from Without — "The Me Within Thee Blind!"

دنياك ساعات سراع الزوال
وغنما العقبى خلود المآل
فهل تبيع الخلد ياغافلا
وتشتري دنيا المنى والضلال

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Of all my seeking this is all my gain: No agony of any mortal brain Shall wrest the secret of the life of man; The Search has taught me that the Sear… - Omar Khayyám

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