And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky, Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die, Lift not thy hands to it for help — for It Rolls impotently on as… - Omar Khayyám
" "And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky,
Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die,
Lift not thy hands to it for help — for It
Rolls impotently on as Thou or I.
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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
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غیاث الدین ابو الفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشاپوری
Alternative Names:
Omar Khayyam
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Hakim Omar Khayyám
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