The preacher speaks of paradise after death. Khayyam whispers: what if paradise begins when you stop postponing your life?

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.

Vaiz, ölümden sonraki cennetten söz eder. Hayyam fısıldar: ya cennet, hayatını ertelemeyi bıraktığında başlıyorsa?
Ömer Hayyam'ın Rubaileri

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

Source trail

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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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