Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is a celebrated collection of quatrains attributed to the Persian polymath Omar Khayyam, best known in the English-speaking world through Edward FitzGerald’s influential 19th-century translation.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
quatrain collection ⓘ
associatedPhilosophy Epicureanism ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
associatedWith Omar Khayyam ⓘ
attributedTo Omar Khayyam ⓘ
author Omar Khayyam ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Persia ⓘ
culturalStatus canonical work in world literature ⓘ
classic of Persian poetry ⓘ
form rubai ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
philosophical poetry ⓘ
hasForm rhyming quatrains ⓘ
hasInfluentialEdition 1859 first edition of FitzGerald’s translation ⓘ
1868 second edition of FitzGerald’s translation ⓘ
hasMultipleRecensions true ⓘ
hasTheme critique of religious dogma ⓘ
existential doubt ⓘ
hedonism ⓘ
impermanence ⓘ
hasTranslation Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Edward FitzGerald translation) ⓘ
influenced English poetry ⓘ
Victorian literature ⓘ
Western popular culture ⓘ
influencedBy Persian poetic tradition ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
literaryMovement Sufi-influenced poetry ⓘ
literaryTradition Persian literature ⓘ
mainSubject carpe diem ⓘ
fate ⓘ
love ⓘ
skepticism about religion ⓘ
transience of life ⓘ
wine ⓘ
notableEnglishTranslator Edward FitzGerald ⓘ
notableQuatrain A Book of Verses underneath the Bough ⓘ
Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough ⓘ
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ ⓘ
originalAuthorOccupation astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
poet ⓘ
popularizedBy Edward FitzGerald ⓘ
popularizedIn 19th century ⓘ
publicationCentury 11th century ⓘ
questionedAspect authenticity of attribution of some quatrains ⓘ
verseForm quatrain ⓘ

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Omar Khayyam → notableWork → Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Persian literature → hasNotableWork → Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Persian culture → notableWork → Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ⓘ
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam → hasTranslation → Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Edward FitzGerald translation) ⓘ
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Diwan-e-Ghalib → contains → rubaiyat ⓘ
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Khwaju Kermani → wroteInForm → rubaiyat ⓘ
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Bidel Dehlavi → notableWork → rubaiyat ⓘ
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Edward FitzGerald → notableWork → Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám ⓘ
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Edward FitzGerald → translated → Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám ⓘ
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A Book of Verses underneath the Bough → appearsIn → Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Edward FitzGerald translation) ⓘ
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"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ" → partOf → Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (FitzGerald translation) ⓘ
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"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ" → originalWorkTitle → Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám ⓘ
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Richard Le Gallienne → notableWork → Omar Khayyám: The Rubáiyát, a Paraphrase from Several Literal Translations ⓘ
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