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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald 5th edition), The by Omar Khayyám (1048 - 1131)Episode from the podcastRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald 5th edition), The by Omar Khayyám (1048 - 1131)
Quatrains 21-40

Quatrains 21-40

Released Saturday, 1st June 2024
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Quatrains 21-40

Quatrains 21-40

Quatrains 21-40

Quatrains 21-40

Saturday, 1st June 2024
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The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is so-named from the Persian word rubáiyát - a Persian word denoting a specific type of two-line stanza. Omar's Rubaiyat is a beautiful anthology of Islamic wisdom literature: originally penned in medieval Persian during the late 11th century AD. The best known English translations are those by Edward Fitzgerald: his fifth (and last) translation includes a mere 101 quatrains - a fraction of Omar's original work. Fitzgerald's selection loosely groups quatrains by theme; rendering quatrains into English as four-line, rhymed stanzas.Omar's writings are pervaded by the consciousness of the transient quality of life. In his Rubáiyát, the author ponders the limits of human knowledge and morality: and confronts his readers point-blank with the difficult questions that challenge every generation: - what is the ultimate benefit derived from human knowledge? - given human mortality; is is best to guide our lives by the dictates of reason, or sensuality? - what happens to my soul when I die? - why did God - the Creator - give me existence? (Introduction by Godsend)

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