Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot — I think a Sufi pip… - Omar Khayyám

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Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot — I think a Sufi pipkin-waxing hot — "All this of Pot and Potter — Tell me then, Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?"

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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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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My coming brought no profit to the sky,
Nor does my going swell its glory;
My two ears have never heard anyone that could say,
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Ah, my Belov'ed fill the Cup that clears To-day Past Regrets and Future Fears: To-morrow! — Why, To-morrow I may be Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n Thousand Years.

I value the lover's
sighs of happiness and I despise the hypocrite
mumbling his prayers.

Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot — I think a Sufi pipkin-waxing hot — "All this of Pot and Potter — Tell me then, Who is the Potter, pray, and … - Omar Khayyám

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