Omar Khayyam: a great thinker and a brilliant poet. Omar Khayyam quotes about life short

Omar Khayyam is a wonderful teacher of the wisdom of life. Even in spite of more than eight hundred years of age, his rubies have not become less interesting for new generations, they have not become outdated by a single word. Because each of the four lines of his rubaiyat is written about a person and for a person: about the eternal problems of being, about earthly sorrows and joys, about the very meaning of life.

Many books created about man and his spiritual quest could, quite possibly, easily fit into any of Khayyam's quatrains. With his skill, he was able to turn each poem into a small philosophical parable, the answer to many eternal questions of our earthly existence.

The main message of all Khayyam's work is that a person unconditionally has the right to happiness in this mortal world and has the right to be himself throughout his not so long (according to the philosopher himself) life. The poet's ideal is a free, thinking person with a pure soul, who is characterized by wisdom, understanding, love and cheerfulness.

The rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam has long been "pilfered" into quotes. We suggest you familiarize yourself with the best of them (in pictures).

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

To live life wisely, you need to know a lot.
Two important rules to remember to get started:
You'd rather starve than eat anything.
And it's better to be alone than with just anyone.
If you are happy - from happiness, fool, do not be shawty.
If you become unhappy - do not feel sorry for yourself.
Evil with good do not blame God indiscriminately:
A poor God is a thousand times harder!
Changing rivers, countries, cities...
Other doors... New Years...
And we can't get away from ourselves.
And if you get away - only to nowhere.
You say this life is just a moment.
Appreciate it, draw inspiration from it.
As you spend it, so it will pass,
Don't forget: she is your creation.
It is known that in the world everything is just vanity of vanities:
Be cheerful, do not grieve, there is light on this.
What was, is past, what will be is unknown,
- So do not grieve about what is not today.
We are a source of fun - and a mine of sorrow.
We are a reservoir of filth - and a pure spring.
Man, as if in a mirror, the world has many faces.
He is insignificant - and he is immensely great!
We won't be. And the world - at least that.
The trail will disappear. And the world - at least that.
We were not there, but he - shone and will be!
We will disappear. And the world - at least that.
Since your mind has not comprehended the eternal laws -
It's funny to worry about petty intrigues.
Since God in heaven is unfailingly great -
Be calm and cheerful, appreciate this moment.
What fate decided to give you
It cannot be increased or subtracted.
Don't worry about what you don't own
And from what is, to become free.
Whose hand will break this age-old circle?
Who will find the end and the beginning of the circle?
And no one has yet discovered the human race -
How, where, why our coming and going.

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Mahmoud Farshchian (c)

One does not understand what roses smell like ...
Another of the bitter herbs will produce honey ...
Give someone a trifle, forever remember ...
You will give your life to someone, but he will not understand ...

Dear friends! The wisdom of life from talented people is always interesting, and the wisdom of life from Omar Khayyam is doubly interesting. Persian poet, philosopher, astrologer, mathematician... Omar Khayyam is famous in the mathematical world for creating a classification of cubic equations, his calendar, created several centuries ago, surpasses the ancient Roman Julian calendar from an astronomical point of view, and the European Gregorian calendar in accuracy.

You can talk a lot about Omar Khayyam, and I may decide to tell a story about the biography of this extraordinary person, but today's post is about his literary heritage. Omar Khayyam has become famous in our time, first of all, as the author of the famous wise quatrains - reflections - rubaiyat. Rubaiyat - bright, emotional, written with brilliant wit, at the same time musical and lyrical - conquered the whole world. Most of the rubaiyat is meditation on the Qur'an. How many quatrains were written by the poet? Now there are about 1200. According to the Indian scientist, researcher of the poet Swami Govinda Tirtha, up to 2200 quatrains have survived in our time. In fact, no one knows how much was written in total, because for nine centuries many rubais have been lost forever.

Were there any wisdom of life from Omar Khayyam?

The controversy about the authorship of the "Rubaiyat" continues to this day. Someone believes that Omar Khayyam has no more than 400 original texts, someone else is stricter - only 66, and some scholars say - only 6 (those that were found in the most ancient manuscripts). Everything else, according to researchers of Khayyam's work, all these wise sayings and poems are the authorship of other people. Perhaps other people's quatrains were attached to the manuscripts that were passed down from generation to generation, whose authorship was not established. Someone wrote down their own rubies in the margins, and after centuries they were considered missing inserts and entered into the main text.

Osman Hamdy Bey (c)

Perhaps the most concise, daring, witty and elegant quatrains in all ages were attributed to Omar Khayyam. The search for reliable rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is a hopeless task, since today it is difficult to establish the authorship of any quatrain. Therefore, let's trust the ancient and not very ancient manuscripts, let's read wise thoughts and find the quatrain to which our soul is responding at the moment. And then say thanks to the author (regardless of who he is) and the translator.

Osman Hamdy Bey (c)

Learn all the secrets of wisdom! - And there?…
Arrange the whole world in your own way! - And there?…
Live carelessly until a hundred years of happiness ...
You will miraculously last up to two hundred! ... - And there?

"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" from E. Fitzgerald

The wisdom of life from Omar Khayyam became known thanks to Edward Fitzgerald, who found a notebook with quatrains and translated them first into Latin, and then - in 1859 - into English.

These poems struck the English poet with their wisdom, deep philosophical overtones and at the same time lyricism and subtlety. “After several centuries, old Khayyam continues to ring like real metal,” said Edward Fitzgerald admiringly. Fitzgerald's translation was arbitrary, in order to connect the quatrains he made his own inserts, and as a result he created a poem similar to the tales of the Thousand and One Nights, the main character of which constantly feasts and periodically speaks the truth over an unchanging cup of wine.

Thanks to Fitzgerald, Omar Khayyam gained a reputation as a merry fellow, a joker who loves wine and calls to catch a moment of pleasure. But thanks to this poem, the whole world learned about the Persian poet, and aphorisms, poems, parables and other worldly wisdom were distributed in quotes throughout all countries. The most famous

To live life wisely, you need to know a lot,
Two important rules to remember to get started:
You'd rather starve than eat anything
And it's better to be alone than with just anyone.

The lower man soul, the higher nose up.
He reaches with his nose where his soul has not matured.

on the ear or on the tongue of many.

The appearance of the wise sayings of Omar Khayyam in Russia.

The first publication of Omar Khayyam in Russian appeared in 1891. The translator was the poet V.L. Velichko. He translated 52 quatrains. These were rather translations-paraphrases, since the poet did not set himself the task of reproducing the original. Only 5 sayings were made in the form of a quatrain.
In general, more than 40 names are known in Russia who translated Omar Khayyam. One of the most famous are the translations of V. Derzhavin, A.V. Starostin, G. Plisetsky, N. Strizhkov, G.S. Semenov. I specifically dwell on these names, because I give the quatrains below without indicating the name of the translator (I did not find it, alas). Perhaps it is these poets who are their authors. To date, more than 700 Khayyam rubaiyat have been translated.

We have already said that translations reflect the essence of the translator, because everyone contributes to the translation not only their talent, but also their understanding of the quatrain (by the way, I “fell ill” with the topic of the interlinear after, which simply stunned me with her conversation). Therefore, the same lines can be interpreted differently. I liked the comparative translation of this original text (interlinear) by Omar Khayyam.

Be cheerful, for there is no end to suffering
More than once the luminaries will converge in the heavens in one sign of the zodiac,
[representing the predestination of fate].
Bricks that will be fashioned from your ashes
They will smash into the wall of the house for other people

Mahmoud Farshchian (c)

Compare!

Translation by C. Guerra (1901):

Give in to joy! The pain will be forever!
Days will change: day - night, day - night again;
Earthly hours are all small and fleeting,
And soon you will leave us from here away.
You mix with the earth, with lumps of sticky clay,
And the bricks will be smeared with you at the stoves,
And they will build a palace for the base cattle,
And on that bookmark they will tell a series of speeches.
And your spirit, maybe a former shell
Back, to yourself again, it will be in vain to call!
So sing, have fun while they give a reprieve
And death has not yet come to visit you.

Translation by G. Plisetsky (1971):

Have some fun! The unhappy go crazy.
Eternal darkness shines with eternal stars.
How to get used to what is of thinking flesh
Will bricks be made and laid at home?

Unfortunately, I can not give (because of the blog format) another 13 varieties of this translation. Some rubaiyat have 1 translation, and some (the most popular) have up to 15!

But let's just read and enjoy these poetic lines, because we receive precious advice and guidance. Despite the fact that ten centuries separate his work from us, the wise thoughts of Omar Khayyam are still relevant and close to everyone. Indeed, in the quotes of Omar Khayyam about life, about love, about wisdom, the truth is revealed that all the people of the world are looking for. Despite the fact (and perhaps precisely because of the fact) that the statements of his poems are sometimes opposite and contradictory, his rubai conquer people of any age.

Osman Hamdy Bey (c)

The young, thanks to the wisdom of his poems, have the opportunity to avoid some mistakes. Young people who are just entering into a big life learn worldly wisdom, because the poems of Omar Khayyam give answers to different life situations. Elderly people, who have already seen a lot and are themselves able to give advice for all occasions, find rich food for thought in his quatrains. They can compare their life wisdom with the thoughts of an extraordinary person who lived a millennium ago.
Behind the lines, the searching and inquisitive personality of the poet is visible. He returns to the same thoughts throughout his life, revisiting them, discovering new possibilities or mysteries of life.

Osman Hamdy Bey (c)

For many years I pondered over earthly life.
There is nothing incomprehensible for me under the moon.
I know that I don't know anything,
Here is the last secret I have learned.

Quotes by Omar Khayyam are an opportunity to get away from the hustle and bustle and look into yourself. Even after a thousand years, the voice of Omar Khayyam carries a message of love, understanding of the transience of life and respect for every moment of it. Omar Khayyam gives advice on how to succeed in business, how to raise children, how to live in love and peace with your husband, how to build relationships with people around you. These tips are given beautifully, gracefully, and expressively. They conquer with their conciseness and depth of thought. Every moment of life is priceless, the poet never tires of reminding us.

Osman Hamdy Bey (c)

Wisdom of life from Omar Khayyam

You say this life - one moment.
Appreciate it, draw inspiration from it.
As you spend it, so it will pass,
Don't forget: she is your creation.
***

Everything is bought and sold
And life openly laughs at us.
We are angry, we are angry
But we sell and buy.
***

Do not share your secret with people,
After all, you do not know which of them is mean.
How do you yourself deal with God's creation,
Expect the same from yourself and from people.
***

Don't let a scoundrel into secrets - hide them,
And keep secrets from the fool - hide them,
Look at yourself among the people passing by,
Keep silent about hopes to the end - hide them!
***

All that we see is only one appearance.
Far from the surface of the world to the bottom.
Consider the unimportant obvious in the world,
For the secret essence of things is not visible.
***

Changing rivers, countries, cities...
Other doors… New Years…
And we can't get away from ourselves,
And if you get away, only to nowhere.
***

Hell and heaven are in heaven, ”say the bigots.
I, looking into myself, was convinced of a lie:
Hell and heaven are not circles in the palace of the universe,
Hell and heaven are two halves of the soul.
***

Mahmoud Farshchian (c)

We do not know if life will last until the morning ...
So hasten to sow the seeds of goodness!
And take care of love in a perishable world for friends
Every moment is more precious than gold and silver.
***

We went to look for You - and became an evil crowd:
And the beggar, and the rich man, and the generous, and the stingy.
You talk to everyone, none of us hears.
You appear before everyone, any of us is blind.
***

The sky is the belt of my ruined life,
The tears of the fallen are the salty waves of the seas.
Paradise is blissful rest after passionate effort,
Hellfire is just a reflection of extinguished passions.
***

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Omar Khayyam in Russian translated poetry
(Z. N. Vorozheikina, A. Sh. Shakhverdov)

Persian philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He contributed to algebra by constructing a classification of cubic equations and solving them using conic sections.

Born in the city of Nishapur, which is located in Khorasan (now the Iranian province of Khorasan-Rezavi). Omar was the son of a tent-keeper, he also had a younger sister named Aisha. At the age of 8, he began to deeply study mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy. At the age of 12, Omar became a student of the Nishapur Madrasah. Later he studied at the madrasas of Balkh, Samarkand and Bukhara. There he graduated with honors from a course in Islamic law and medicine, having received the qualification of haki?ma, that is, a doctor. But medical practice was of little interest to him. He studied the works of the famous mathematician and astronomer Sabit ibn Kurra, the works of Greek mathematicians.

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About love and the meaning of life

Poems and thoughts of Omar Khayyam about love and the meaning of life. In addition to the classical translations by I. Tkhorzhevsky and L. Nekora, rare translations of the late 19th - early 20th centuries are given (Danilevsky-Aleksandrov, A Pressa, A. Gavrilov, P. Porfirov, A. Yavorsky, V. Mazurkevich, V. Tardov, A. Gruzinsky, F. Korsh, A. Avchinnikov, I. Umov, T. Lebedinsky, V. Rafalsky), which are published for the first time after a hundred years. The publication is illustrated with works of Eastern and European painting.

About love

Who else of the poets continues to be relevant for more than a thousand years? Who sang the vices in such a way that you immediately want to throw yourself into the abyss of these vices? The quatrains of Omar Khayyam are intoxicating like wine, they are as gentle and bold as the embrace of oriental beauties.

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Live in such a way that every day of your life is a holiday. Unique selection of rubaiyat! This edition contains more than 1000 of the best rubaiyat translations, including both popular and rarely published, little known to readers. Deep, imaginative, full of humor, sensuality and audacity, the ruby ​​has survived the centuries. They allow us to enjoy the beauty of oriental poetry and learn the worldly wisdom of the great poet and scientist.

Poems about love

“Is it really possible to imagine a person, unless he is a moral monster, in which such a mixture and diversity of convictions, opposite inclinations and directions, high valor and base passions, painful doubts and hesitation…” could combine and coexist the researcher's question is a short, exhaustive answer: yes, if we are talking about Omar Khayyam.

Quotes and aphorisms

In a loved one, even flaws are liked, and in an unloved person, even virtues annoy.

Why do you expect benefit from your wisdom? You will soon wait for milk from the goat. Pretend to be a fool - and it will be more useful, And wisdom these days is cheaper than a leek.

Who was beaten by life, he will achieve more,
A pood of salt who has eaten appreciates honey more.
Who shed tears, he sincerely laughs,
Who died, he knows that he lives.

Don't forget that you are not alone:
And in the most difficult moments next to you - God.

Never go back. There is no point in going back. Even if there are the same eyes in which thoughts sank. Even if it pulls you to where everything was so nice, don't go there ever, forget forever what happened. The same people live in the past that they always promised to love. If you remember this - forget it, you never go there. Don't trust them, they are strangers. After all, once they left you. They killed faith in the soul, in love, in people and in themselves. Live simply by what you live, and even though life is like hell, look only forward, never go back.

The pensive soul tends to be alone.

I have never been repelled by the poverty of a person, it is another matter if his soul and thoughts are poor.

You can seduce a man who has a wife. You can seduce a man who has a mistress. But you can not seduce a man who has a beloved woman.

At least a hundred live, at least ten hundred years,
You still have to leave this world.
Whether you are a padishah or a beggar in the bazaar,
There is only one price for you: there are no ranks for death.

Love can do without reciprocity, but friendship - never.

When you leave for five minutes
Don't forget to keep warm in your palms.
In the palms of those who are waiting for you
In the palms of those who remember you...

No matter how great your wisdom is, - From it to you that from a goat's milk! Isn't it wiser to just fool around? - You'll be better for sure.

You can't look into tomorrow today,
Just the thought of him makes my chest ache.
Who knows how many days you have left to live?
Don't waste them, be smart.

Only those who are worse than us think badly about us, and those who are better than us… They just don’t care about us…

I asked the wisest: "What did you extract
From your manuscripts? Wise saying:
“Happy is he who is in the arms of a tender beauty
At night, far from the wisdom of the book!

Be happy at this moment. This moment is your life.

The lower a person's soul,
The higher the nose turns up!
He sticks his nose in there
Where the soul has not matured ...

Don't say the man is a womanizer. If he were monogamous, then your turn would not have come.

I think it's better to be alone
How to give the heat of the soul to "someone"
Giving a priceless gift to just anyone
Having met a native, you will not be able to love.

The one who is discouraged dies prematurely.

Do not believe the one who speaks beautifully, there is always a game in his words.
Believe the one who silently does beautiful things.

Do not be afraid to give warming words,
And do good deeds.
The more wood you put on the fire,
The more heat will return.

Passion cannot be friends with deep love,
If he can, then they won't be together for long.

Do not look that another is above all in the mind,
And see if he is true to his word.
If he does not throw his words to the wind -
There is no price, as you yourself understand, to him.

How to seek the truth, they would milk a goat!

Everything is bought and sold
And life openly laughs at us.
We are angry, we are angry
But we sell and buy.

Above all the teachings and rules on how to live correctly, I preferred to affirm the two foundations of dignity: It is better not to eat anything at all than to eat anything; Better to be alone than to be friends with just anyone.

Life is ashamed of those who sit and mourn,
Who does not remember comforts, does not forgive insults ...

Omar Khayyam is a great Persian poet and philosopher, who became famous all over the world for his wise sayings. At home, he is also known as a mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. In mathematical treatises, the scientist presented ways to solve complex equations. The circle of his scientific achievements also includes the development of a new solar calendar.

Most of all, Omar Khayyam was glorified by his literary and philosophical activities. Omar Khayyam is the author of quatrain poems - rubaiyat. They are written in Farsi. There is an opinion that initially rubaiyat were translated into English, and only then into other languages ​​of the world, including Russian.

Probably, there is no such topic that Omar Khayyam would not devote his work to. He wrote about life, about love, about friends, about happiness, about fate. In the poet's work there are also reflections on reincarnation, on the soul, on the role of money, in his poems (rubai), he even described wine, a jug and a familiar potter. Initially, the poet's work caused a lot of controversy, some considered him a freethinker and a reveler, others saw him as a deep thinker. To date, Omar Khayyam is recognized as the most talented author of the rubaiyat, and his work undoubtedly deserves attention.

Isn't it funny to save a penny for a whole century,
If you can't buy eternal life anyway?
This life was given to you, my dear, for a while, -
Try not to miss the time!

Life is to be valued.

Be easy on people. Do you want to be wiser -
Do not hurt with your wisdom.

Clever is not wise.

You say this life is just a moment.
Appreciate it, draw inspiration from it.
As you spend it, so it will pass,
Don't forget: she is your creation.

Life is given one, and it must be loved.

The one who is discouraged dies prematurely.

As long as you believe in yourself, as long as you live.

To live life wisely, you need to know a lot,
Two important rules to remember to get started:
You'd rather starve than eat anything
And it's better to be alone than with just anyone.

In life, you need to understand, and not act by inertia.

About love

A plucked flower must be presented, a poem begun must be completed, and the beloved woman must be happy, otherwise it was not worth taking on something that is beyond your power.

If you are not confident in your abilities, it is better not to take it.

Like the sun, it burns without burning, love.
Like a bird of heavenly paradise - love.
But not yet love - nightingale groans.
Do not moan, dying of love - love!

Love is like a flame that warms souls.

Know that the main source of being is love.

The meaning of life is the one who loves.

In this world, love is the decoration of people,
To be deprived of love is to be without friends.
The one whose heart did not cling to the drink of love,
He is an ass, even though he does not wear donkey ears!

Not to love means not to live, but to exist.

In a loved one, even flaws are liked, and in an unloved person, even virtues annoy.

Happiness cannot be found with an unloved person.

You can seduce a man who has a wife, you can seduce a man who has a mistress, but you cannot seduce a man who has a beloved woman!

Being a wife and a beloved woman is not always the same thing.

About friendship

If you do not share in time with a friend -
All your fortune will go to the enemy.

For a friend, nothing can be regretted.

Have smaller friends, do not expand their circle.
And remember: it is better to have a close, distant friend.

The less common affairs, the more trust.

A true friend is a person who will tell you everything that he thinks about you, and tell everyone that you are a wonderful person.

But in life it's quite the opposite.

Hurt a friend - you make an enemy,
Embrace the enemy - you will find a friend.

The main thing is not to confuse.

The most witty

If a vile medicine pours you - pour it out!
If a wise man pours you poison, take it!

The wise must be listened to.

It is better to gnaw bones than to be seduced by sweets
At the table of the bastards who have power.

Do not give in to temptation, power is a vile thing.

Those who did not seek the path are unlikely to be shown the path -
Knock and the door to destiny will open!

Who seeks will always find!

One does not understand what roses smell like ...
Another of the bitter herbs will produce honey ...
Give someone a trifle, forever remember ...
You will give your life to someone, but he will not understand ...

Everyone is different, there is no doubt about it.

The work of Omar Khayyam is filled with meanings. All the sayings of the great thinker and poet make you think and rethink life.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

As soon as you went out into the garden, the scarlet poppy was embarrassed,
There is no way to calm down from jealousy.
Why didn't the cypress bow to you?
I saw a marvelous camp, he had tetanus!

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

To the glow of the moon, beauties of the night,
I will add the warmth given by a candle,
The sparkle of sugar, the posture of cypress,
The murmur of a stream... And your appearance will come out.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

What a temptation, what a temptation, God bless!…
Your face and day and night reigns in dreams.
That's why the pain in the chest, and the trembling in the heart,
And dry lips, and moisture in the eyes, and trembling in the hands.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Only your face makes a sad heart happy.
Except for your face - I do not need anything.
I see my image in you, looking into your eyes,
I see you in myself, my joy.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

I dressed many women in brocade, pearls,
But I could not find the ideal among them.
I asked the wise man: - What is perfection?
- The one next to you! - He told me.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Torments age beauties. Get rid of trouble
The one whose eyelids are transparent and lips are firm.
Be with your beloved tenderness: beauty slips away,
On the face leaving traces of suffering.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

To the world - the haven of our few days -
For a long time I fixed the inquisitive gaze of my eyes.
So what? Your face is brighter than the bright moon;
Than a slender cypress, your wonderful camp is straighter.