his poetry is simple, short and deep
If the heart knew life's secrets here below,
At death 'twould know God's secrets too, I trow;
But, if you know naught here, while still yourself,
To-morrow, stripped of self, what can you know?
دل سِرِّ حیات اگر کَماهی دانست،
در مرگ هم اسرار الهی دانست؛
امروز که با خودی، ندانستی هیچ،
فردا که ز خود رَوی چه خواهی دانست؟
A brief info on poet :
Omar Khayyám, was a Persian polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential thinkers of the Middle Ages. He also wrote numerous treatises on mechanics, geography, mineralogy, astronomy and music.
What is Quatrains ( رباعیات ) ?
A poem in four lines that is his style of poetry
translated by Edward Henry Whinfield
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