Ancient Poets
The historic Silk Road city of Nishapur, which is located in eastern Iran, was a place of political importance and a prosperous center of arts, crafts, philosophy and trade in medieval times. But the city still sustains its fame today thanks to the master of arts and sciences it raised in the past: Omar Khayyam …
Translated by Edward Fitzgerald 1 Wake! For the Sun, who scattered into flight The Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with them from Heav’n and strikes The Sultán’s Turret with a Shaft of Light. 2 Before the phantom of False morning died, Methought a Voice within the Tavern cried, “When …
Omar Khayyam 18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) was a Persian polymath, mathematician, astronomer, historian, philosopher, and poet. He was born in Nishapur, the initial capital of the Seljuk Empire. As a scholar, he was contemporary with the rule of the Seljuk dynasty around the time of the First Crusade. His name Khayyam (“Tentmaker”) may have been derived from his father’s trade. He received a good education in the …
he historic Silk Road city of Nishapur, which is located in eastern Iran, was a place of political importance and a prosperous center of arts, crafts, philosophy and trade in medieval times. But the city still sustains its fame today thanks to the master of arts and sciences it raised in the past: Omar Khayyam …
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