The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on.

Omar Khayyam, The Rubáiyát

Literature

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The idea in context

This belongs to the Rubáiyát tradition associated with Omar Khayyam. In English it is deeply shaped by Edward FitzGerald's famous rendering, where fate, wine, time, and mortality become lyrical meditation. Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) was a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer, famous in the West for the Rubáiyát.

Türkçe

Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Yazan parmak yazar; ve yazdıktan sonra ilerler.
Ömer Hayyam, Rubâiyat

Bu söz Ömer Hayyam'la ilişkilendirilen Rubâiyat geleneğine aittir. İngilizcede Edward FitzGerald'ın ünlü aktarımıyla derinden şekillenir; kader, şarap, zaman ve fanilik lirik düşünceye dönüşür. Ömer Hayyam (1048–1131); Batı'da Rubâiyat'la ünlü Fars şair, matematikçi ve gökbilimciydi.

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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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