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Rubaiyat

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Rubaiyat
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The great Persian poet Omar Khayyam (c. 1048-1131) was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. Omar Khayyam's poetry was introduced to European readers in the 19th century by the English poet Edward FitzGerald. From then on, his worldwide fame grew, and the Khayyam craze became epidemic.

Omar Khayyam's biography is shrouded in legends, myths, and conjecture. It is impossible to determine how many of his quatrains are genuinely Khayyam's. One thing is certain: we are confronted with a supreme poetic genius, whose poetry was born from the rhythmic beating of two loving hearts...
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