Do not waste your life trying to solve the sky. No one came back with the answer. Sit, breathe, and taste this hour.

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam

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Why it matters

The idea in context

The Rubáiyát is a set of Persian quatrains attributed to the poet-mathematician Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), famous in the West via Edward FitzGerald's translation.

Türkçe

Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Gökyüzünü çözmeye çalışarak hayatını harcama. Kimse cevapla geri dönmedi. Otur, nefes al ve bu saatin tadına var.
Ömer Hayyam'ın Rubaileri

Rubâiyat, şair-matematikçi Ömer Hayyam'a (1048–1131) atfedilen Farsça dörtlükler dizisidir; Batı'da Edward FitzGerald'ın çevirisiyle ünlenmiştir.

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Background reading: Omar KhayyamAttribution and context are revised when stronger evidence appears. Corrections are welcome through the editorial page.
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