To all of us the thought of heaven is dear — - Why not be s… - Omar Khayyám

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To all of us the thought of heaven is dear — -
Why not be sure of it and make it here?
No doubt there is a heaven yonder too,
But 'tis so far away — - and you are near.

Omar Khayyám

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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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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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خیام اگر ز باده مستی خوش باش
با ماه رخی اگر نشستی خوش باش
چون عاقبت هستی ما نیستی است
انگار که نیستی چون هستی خوش باش

خوش باش که پخته اند سودای تو دی
فارغ شده اند از تمنای تو دی
قصه چه کنم که بی تقاضای تو ومی
دادند قرار کار فردای تو دی

I sometimes think that never blows so red
The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled;
That every Hyacinth the Garden wears
Dropt in its Lap from some once lovely Head.

To all of us the thought of heaven is dear — - Why not be sure of it and make it here? No doubt there is a heaven yonder too, But 'tis so far away — … - Omar Khayyám

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