Project Gutenberg 2011-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 2456 Omar Khayyam 1048 1122 Khayyam, Omar Khaijam, Omar Dulac, Edmund 1882 1953 Dulac, Edmond FitzGerald, Edward 1809 1883 Purcell, Edward Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, Rendered into English Verse Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam Produced by Fritz Ohrenschall, Sania Ali Mirza and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam" by Edward Fitzgerald is a collection of poetic quatrains written in the mid-19th century. This famous work captures the essence of the philosophical and existential musings of the Persian poet Omar Khayyám. The verses reflect on themes of life, love, death, and the fleeting nature of existence through a lens of hedonism, often emphasizing the importance of embracing the present moment. The opening of the collection sets a vivid and contemplative scene, where the call to awaken from sleep is intertwined with the beauty of nature as day breaks. It introduces the idea of seizing life's pleasures—represented by wine and companionship—before the inevitable passage of time and loss. As it unfolds, each quatrain presents distinct thoughts and reflections, encouraging a carpe diem approach to living, capturing the bittersweet interplay between joy and the reality of mortality, with a blend of earthly delights and spiritual contemplation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/35260/35260-h/images/titlepagefont.jpg Reading ease score: 61.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Persian poetry -- Translations into English PK Text Category: Poetry Category: Classics of Literature 214931 2025-08-14T10:16:56.202397 text/html 216875 2021-01-07T12:39:20 text/html 1338012 2025-08-14T10:17:01.893349 application/epub+zip 1343177 2025-08-14T10:16:57.305427 application/epub+zip 98910 2025-08-14T10:16:56.747381 application/epub+zip 1422346 2025-08-14T10:17:04.861382 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1441078 2025-08-14T10:17:01.242387 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198509 2022-09-16T07:51:17.609712 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135231 2025-08-14T10:16:55.291461 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 134635 2021-01-07T12:39:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 134634 2021-01-07T12:39:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21597 2025-08-14T10:17:05.019417 application/rdf+xml 9837 2025-08-14T10:16:56.840421 image/jpeg 1928 2025-08-14T10:16:56.795379 image/jpeg 42892 2021-01-07T12:39:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 1308242 2021-01-07T12:39:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 42707 2021-01-07T12:39:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 1308599 2025-08-14T10:16:56.258399 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia