Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare; To-morrow's Silen… - Omar Khayyám

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Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare;
To-morrow's Silence, Triumph, or Despair:
Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why:
Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.

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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الدرع لاتمنع سهم الأجل
والمال لايدفعه أن نزل
وكل مافي عيشنا زائل
لاشئ يبقى غير طيب العمل

Bir testi aldım çarşıdan ucuza;
Gizli gizli neler anlattı bana;
Bir şahdım, dedi; altın kupam vardı;
Şimdi neyim? Testi oldum şaraba..

Drink wine and look at the moon
and think of all the civilisations
the moon has seen passing by.

Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare; To-morrow's Silence, Triumph, or Despair: Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why: Drink! for you … - Omar Khayyám

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