Philosopher Omar Khayyam quotes about life. Ageless quotes about love by Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam is a great Persian poet and philosopher who became famous throughout the world for his wise sayings. In his homeland he is also known as a mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. In mathematical treatises, the scientist presented ways to solve complex equations. His scientific achievements also include 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 - rubai. They are written in Farsi. There is an opinion that the rubai were initially translated into English, and only then into other languages of the world, including Russian.
There is probably no topic to which Omar Khayyam would not devote his work. 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 potter he knew. 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. Today, 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 all your life,
What if you still can’t buy eternal life?
This life was given to you, my dear, for a while, -
Try not to miss time!
Life must be appreciated.
Be easier on people. Do you want to be wiser -
Don't hurt with your wisdom.
Clever is not wise.
You say, this life is one 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 only one, and you need to love it.
Those who lose heart die before their time.
As long as you believe in yourself, as long as you live.
To live your life wisely, you need to know a lot,
Remember two important rules to get started:
You'd rather starve than eat anything
And it’s better to be alone than with just anyone.
You need to understand life, and not act out of inertia.
About love
A plucked flower must be given as a gift, a poem that has been started must be completed, and the woman you love must be happy, otherwise you shouldn’t have taken on something you can’t do.
If you're not confident in your abilities, it's better not to try it.
Like the sun, love burns without burning out.
Like a bird of heavenly paradise - love.
But not yet love - nightingale moans.
Do not moan, dying of love - love!
Love is like a flame that warms souls.
Know that the main source of existence is love.
The one who loves has the meaning of life.
In this world, love is the adornment of people,
To be deprived of love is to be without friends.
The one whose heart has not clung to the drink of love,
He's a donkey, even though he doesn't wear donkey ears!
Not to love means not to live, but to exist.
You like even the shortcomings in a loved one, and even the advantages in an unloved person irritate you.
You cannot find happiness 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 are not always the same thing.
About friendship
If you don't share it with your friend on time -
All your fortune will go to the enemy.
You can't spare anything for a friend.
Have smaller friends, don't expand their circle.
And remember: a close friend living far away is better.
The less common affairs, the more trust.
A true friend is a person who will tell you everything he thinks about you and tell everyone that you are a wonderful person.
But in life everything is quite the opposite.
If you offend a friend, you will make an enemy,
If you hug an enemy, you will find a friend.
The main thing is not to confuse.
The wittiest
If a vile person pours medicine for you, pour it out!
If a wise man pours poison on you, accept it!
You need to listen to the wise.
It's better to gnaw on bones than to be seduced by sweets
At the table of the scoundrels in power.
You shouldn’t give in to temptation, power is a vile thing.
Those who have not sought the way are unlikely to be shown the way -
Knock and the doors to destiny will open!
Who seeks will always find!
No one can tell what roses smell like...
Another of the bitter herbs will produce honey...
If you give someone some change, they will remember it forever...
You give your life to someone, but he won’t understand...
All people are different, there is no doubt about that.
The work of Omar Khayyam is filled with meaning. All the sayings of the great thinker and poet make you think and rethink life.
* * *Omar Khayyam (c. 1048 - after 1122) Persian and Tajik poet, philosopher, sage, scientist... the most beloved, read and quoted poet in the world
You'd rather starve than eat anything
And it’s better to be alone than with just anyone.
“Hell and heaven are in heaven,” say the bigots.
I looked into myself and became convinced of the lie:
Hell and heaven are not circles in the palace of the universe,
Hell and heaven are two halves of the soul.
Nobility and meanness, courage and fear -
Everything is built into our bodies from birth.
Until death we will become neither better nor worse -
We are the way Allah created us!
Don't let me enter God's temple.
I am an atheist. This is how God created me.
I am like a harlot whose faith is a vice.
Sinners would be glad to go to heaven, but they don’t know the roads.
As children we go to teachers for truth,
Afterwards they come to our doors for the truth.
Where is the truth? We emerged from a drop.
Let's become the wind. This is the meaning of this tale, Khayyam!
Wine is prohibited, but there are four “buts”:
It depends on who drinks wine, with whom, when and in moderation.
If these four conditions are met
Wine is allowed to all sane people.
Everything will pass - and the seed of hope will not sprout,
Everything you have accumulated will not be lost for a penny.
If you don't share it with your friend on time -
All your property will go to the enemy.
In this perishable Universe in due time
A man and a flower turn to dust.
If only the ashes evaporated from under our feet -
A bloody stream would rain down from the sky!
In this world, love is the adornment of people,
To be deprived of love is to be without friends.
The one whose heart has not clung to the drink of love,
He's a donkey, even though he doesn't wear donkey ears!
In this unfaithful world, don't be a fool
Don’t you dare rely on those around you,
With a sober eye, look at your closest friend -
A friend may turn out to be your worst enemy.
Even the brightest minds in the world
They could not disperse the surrounding darkness.
They told us several bedtime stories -
And the wise ones went to sleep, just like us.
The doors of this monastery: exit and entrance.
What awaits us besides death, fear, adversity?
Happiness? Happy is he who lives even for a moment.
Those who were not born at all are happier.
Before you were born you didn't need anything
And having been born, you are doomed to need everything.
Only by throwing off the oppression of an insatiable body,
You will become free, like God, and rich again.
If I were given omnipotence -
I would have cast down such a sky long ago
And would erect another, reasonable sky,
So that it loves only the worthy!
If God doesn't hear me on high -
I will turn my prayers to Satan.
If my desires are not pleasing to God -
So the devil inspires desires in me!
If Guria kisses you passionately on the mouth,
If your interlocutor is wiser than Christ,
If a musician is better than the heavenly Zukhra -
Everything is not a joy if your conscience is unclean!
You must be good with both friend and enemy!
He who is kind by nature will not find malice in him.
If you offend a friend, you will make an enemy,
If you hug an enemy, you will find a friend.
If I break my fast for carnal pleasures -
Do not think that I am the most wicked of all.
Just fast days are like black nights,
And, as you know, sinning at night is not a sin!
If a worker, by the sweat of his brow
He who earns bread has gained nothing -
Why should he bow to a nonentity?
Or even someone who is no worse than him?
If you have a nook to live in -
In our vile times - even a piece of bread,
If you are not a servant to anyone, not a master -
You are happy and truly high in spirit.
Life is ashamed of those who sit and mourn,
He who does not remember pleasures does not forgive insults.
Sing until your chang's strings break!
Drink until the vessel is broken on a stone!
Life is a desert, we wander through it naked.
Mortal, full of pride, you are simply ridiculous!
You find a reason for every step,
Meanwhile, it has long been a foregone conclusion in heaven.
Life is slipping away, darkness is approaching,
Death torments hearts and shreds bodies,
There are no returnees from the afterlife,
Who should I ask: how are things going there?
Meet only people worthy of friendship,
Don’t deal with scoundrels, don’t disgrace yourself.
If a vile person pours medicine for you, pour it out!
If a wise man gives you poison, take it!
Of those who have walked the world both up and down,
Of those whom the Creator doomed to search,
Has anyone found anything like this?
What did we not know and what benefited us?
So it was written by the prophet: better is the infidel,
If he is a Muslim he will be more generous.
It's better to gnaw on bones than to be seduced by sweets
At the table of the scoundrels in power.
We change rivers, countries, cities...
Other doors... New Years...
And we can’t escape ourselves anywhere,
And if you go, you’ll only go nowhere.
We are a source of fun - and a mine of sorrow.
We are a receptacle of filth - and a pure spring.
Man, like the world in a mirror, has many faces.
He is insignificant - and he is immeasurably great!
We are obedient dolls in the hands of the creator!
I didn’t say this for the sake of a word.
The Almighty leads us across the stage on strings
And he shoves it into the chest, completing it.
It is unworthy to strive for anyone’s plate,
Like a greedy fly, risking itself.
It’s better that Khayyam doesn’t have a crumb,
What will the scoundrel feed him for slaughter!
Don't beg for love, loving hopelessly,
Do not wander under the window of an unfaithful woman, grieving.
Like beggar dervishes, be independent -
Maybe then they will love you.
Is this really our miserable lot?
To be slaves to our lustful bodies?
After all, no one living in the world has yet
I couldn’t quench my desires!
Once you become a beggar dervish, you will reach heights.
Having torn your heart to blood, you will reach heights.
Away, empty dreams of great achievements!
Only by controlling yourself will you reach heights!
O soul! You turned me into a servant.
I feel your anger at every step.
Why was I born into the world, if in the world
Still can't change anything?
From godlessness to God - one moment!
From zero to total - one moment.
Take care of this precious moment:
Life - neither less nor more - one moment!
Why is the almighty creator of our bodies
Didn’t want to give us immortality?
If we are perfect, why do we die?
If they are imperfect, then who is the bastard?
We are the beacon of thought, the vessel of compassion.
The focus of the highest knowledge is us.
The saying on this divine ring,
On the priceless ring of the universe - we are!
Like the sun, love burns without burning out.
Like a bird of heavenly paradise - love.
But still dislike is the nightingale's moans.
Do not moan, dying of love - love!
Don't share your secret with people,
After all, you don’t know which of them is mean.
What do you do with God's creation?
Expect the same from yourself and from people.
Since the truth always gets out of hand
Don't try to understand something you don't understand, friend.
Take the cup in your hands, remain ignorant,
There is no point, believe me, in studying science!
Since one cannot delay one's own death,
Since from above the path is indicated for mortals,
Since eternal things cannot be molded from wax -
There’s no point in crying about it, friends!
The potter who molded the clay of our heads,
He surpassed any masters in his field.
He overturned the cup over the table of existence
And filled her to the brim with passions.
He is too zealous and shouts: “It’s me!”
In the wallet, the little gold coin strums: “It’s me!”
But as soon as he has time to sort things out -
Death knocks on the braggart’s window: “It’s me!”
What God once measured out for us, friends,
You can't increase it and you can't decrease it.
Let's try to spend the cash wisely,
Without coveting someone else's property, without asking for a loan.
You, the Almighty, in my opinion, are greedy and old.
You deal blow after blow to the slave.
Paradise is the reward of the sinless for their obedience.
Would you give me something not as a reward, but as a gift!
You are not very generous, almighty creator:
How many broken hearts are there in the world due to you!
There are so many ruby lips, musky curls
You, like a miser, hid it in a bottomless casket!
You are a mine, if you go in search of a ruby,
You are loved if you live in the hope of a date.
Delve into the essence of these words - both simple and wise:
Everything you are looking for, you will certainly find in yourself!
The actions of the creator are worthy of surprise!
Our hearts are filled with bitterness,
We leave this world without knowing
No beginning, no meaning, no end.
Those who lose heart die before their time.
It's good if your dress has no holes.
And it’s not a sin to think about your daily bread.
And everything else is not needed for nothing -
Life is more valuable than wealth and honors of all.
Some people are deceived by earthly life,
Some of them turn to a different life in their dreams.
Death is a wall. And during my lifetime no one will know
The highest truth hidden behind this wall.
Why suffer needlessly for the sake of common happiness -
It’s better to give happiness to someone close.
It’s better to tie a friend to yourself with kindness,
How to free humanity from its shackles.
So that the ears, eyes and tongue are intact, -
You have to be hard of hearing, blind, dumb.
Who is worthy in deeds to be called a husband,
The stronger you are, the more able you are to accept humility.
I will teach you how to please everyone:
Spread smiles left and right,
Praise Jews, Muslims and Christians -
And you will gain good fame for yourself.
I cannot lay my head anywhere.
To believe in a grave world - alas! - I can not.
Believe that, having decayed, I will rise from the dust
Even with a stalk of green grass, I can’t.
I have made knowledge my craft,
I am familiar with the highest truth and the basest evil.
I unraveled all the tight knots in the world,
Except for death, tied in a dead knot.
Evil is not born from good and vice versa...
Human eyes are given to us to distinguish them!
Where, when and who, my dear, succeeded
To the point of losing the desire to please yourself?
Those who have not sought the way are unlikely to be shown the way -
Knock and the doors to destiny will open!
Passion cannot be friends with deep love,
If he can, then they won’t be together for long.
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Copyright: Omar Khayyam quotes aphorisms
Life is a moment. Appreciate it while you are alive, drawing inspiration. Life is only your creation. As you harness it, so will you go.
Always keep it short – just the gist. This is the conversation of a real man. A pair of ears is a lonely tongue. Pay attention and listen twice - open your mouth only once. – Omar Khayyam
Pour, do not spare me the flowing fire, pour ruby sparks into the glass, give me a massive goblet, fill the container with the joy of playing lights.
The stars decorated our sky. They shine in the sky, disturbing peace and sleep. We are expecting thousands of people. The table is set, but it's low season.
If you recognize someone else's superiority, that means you are an adult husband. If he is a true master of his actions and promises, then he is doubly a man. There is no honor or glory in humiliating the weak. If you are compassionate in misfortune, if you help in trouble, you are also worthy of recognition and respect. O. Khayyam
Fortunately, no one has ever been able to please and satisfy oneself without consequences and disappointments.
The source of joy and the sea of sorrow are people. As well as a container of filth, and a transparent spring. A person is reflected in a thousand mirrors - he changes his face like a chameleon, at the same time being insignificant and immeasurably great.
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Those who have not sought the way are unlikely to be shown the way - Knock - and the doors to destiny will open!
Passion cannot be friends with deep love; if it can, then they will not be together for long.
If a vile person pours medicine for you, pour it out! If a wise man pours poison on you, accept it!
Those who lose heart die before their time.
No one saw either heaven or hell; Has anyone returned from there to our corruptible world? But these ghosts are fruitless for us and the source of our fears and hopes is unchanging.
exalt yourself, Are you so great and wise? - dare to ask yourself. Let the eyes serve as an example - huge seeing the world, They do not complain because they cannot see themselves.
We change rivers, countries, cities. Other doors. New Years. But we can’t escape ourselves anywhere, and if we escape, we will only go nowhere.
Evil is not born from good and vice versa. Human eyes are given to us to distinguish them!
I will teach you how to please everyone, lavish smiles left and right, praise Jews, Muslims and Christians - and you will gain good fame for yourself.
Passion cannot be friends with deep love. If it can, then they will not be together for long.
Nobility is born through suffering, friend, to become a pearl - is it given to every drop? You can lose everything, save only your soul - the cup will be filled again, if only there was wine.
Those who have not sought the way are unlikely to be shown the way - knock and the doors to destiny will open!
From feigned love there is no quenching, No matter how much the rotten light shines, there is no burning. Day and night there is no peace for a lover, For months there is no moment of oblivion!
You, the Almighty, in my opinion, are greedy and old. You deal blow after blow to the slave. Paradise is the reward of the sinless for their obedience. Would you give me something not as a reward, but as a gift!
Saki! I admire the fleeting dawn, I rejoice in any carefree moments. If you haven't drunk all the wine during the night, pour it. “Today” is a glorious moment! And “tomorrow” will be... eternal.
Although a wise man is not a miser and does not accumulate goods, the world is bad for a wise man without silver. Under the fence the violet fades from beggary, And the rich rose is red and generous!
Don't complain about pain - that's the best medicine.
To grow a shoot of despondency in the soul is a crime.
Of those who have traversed the length and breadth of the world, of those whom the Creator doomed to search, has at least one found anything that we did not know and that was useful to us?
You’d rather starve than eat anything, and it’s better to be alone than with just anyone.
Everything we see is only one appearance. Far from the surface of the world to the bottom. Consider the obvious in the world to be unimportant, for the secret essence of things is not visible.
Life is a desert, we wander through it naked. mortal, full of pride, you are simply ridiculous!
He is too zealous and shouts: “It’s me!” In the wallet, the little gold coin strums: “It’s me!” But as soon as he has time to get things going, Death knocks on the braggart’s window: “It’s me!”
You will say: this life is one moment. Appreciate it, draw inspiration from it. As you spend it, so it will pass, do not forget: she is your creation.
If a mill, a bathhouse, a luxurious palace is received as a gift by a fool and a scoundrel, And a worthy one goes into bondage for bread - I don’t care about your justice, creator!
It is better to gnaw on bones than to be seduced by sweets at the table of scoundrels in power.
Until death we will become neither better nor worse. We are the way Allah created us!
Don’t share your secret with people, because you don’t know which of them is mean. As you yourself act with God’s creation, expect the same from people.
It is better to drink and caress cheerful beauties than to seek salvation in fasting and prayer. If there is a place in hell for lovers and drunkards, then who will you order to allow into heaven?
It's hard to understand God's plans, old man. This sky has neither top nor bottom. Sit in a secluded corner and be content with little: as long as the stage is at least a little visible!
Don't let me enter God's temple. I am an atheist. This is how God created me. I am like a harlot whose faith is a vice. Sinners would be glad to go to heaven, but they don’t know the roads.
Know: in the heat of love, you have to be icy. At a high-ranking feast, you have to be cool.
One will not understand what roses smell like. Another of the bitter herbs will produce honey. Give bread to one - he will remember it forever. Sacrifice the life of another - he won’t understand...
Communicating with a fool will not bring you shame, so listen to Khayyam’s advice: accept the poison offered to you by the sage, but do not accept balm from the hands of a fool.
Man is the truth of the world, the crown, not everyone knows this, but only the sage.
In this perishable Universe, in due time, a person and a flower turn into dust, if the dust evaporated from under our feet, a bloody stream would flow from the sky to the ground.
It is not proper to offend good people, it is not proper to growl like a predator in the desert. It’s not smart to boast about the wealth you’ve acquired, it’s not appropriate to honor yourself with titles!
He who from his youth believes in his own mind has become dry and gloomy in pursuit of the truth. He who claims from childhood to know life, without becoming a grape, has turned into a raisin.
If a vile person pours medicine for you, pour it out! If a wise man pours poison on you, accept it!
Wine is prohibited, but there are four “buts”:
It depends on who drinks wine, with whom, when and in moderation.
If these four conditions are met
Wine is allowed to all sane people.
Don't give a fool a drunken treat,
To protect yourself from feelings of disgust:
When he's drunk, he won't let you sleep with his screams,
And in the morning he’ll get tired of it, asking for forgiveness.
Don't look at how someone else is smarter than everyone else,
And see if he is true to his word.
If he doesn’t throw his words to the wind -
There is no price for him, as you yourself understand.
If you want, I’ll tell you how to look for treasure in life,
Amid the world's disasters, seek peace of mind:
You just need to not be distracted from the wine by anything,
To seek only pleasure all century long.
One's work is always shameful
Since one cannot delay one's own death,
Since from above the path is indicated for mortals,
Since eternal things cannot be molded from wax -
There’s no point in crying about it, friends!
The greatness of the world is always in accordance with the greatness of the spirit looking at it. The good one finds his paradise here on earth, the evil one already has his hell here.
Some people are deceived by earthly life,
Some of them turn to a different life in their dreams.
Death is a wall. And during my lifetime no one will know
The highest truth hidden behind this wall.
Everything will pass - and the seed of hope will not sprout,
Everything you have accumulated will not be lost for a penny:
If you don't share it with your friend on time -
All your property will go to the enemy
I am not afraid of death, I do not complain about fate,
I do not seek consolation in the hope of heaven.
An eternal soul, given to me for a short time,
I will return it in due time without complaint.
After all, it doesn’t matter at all what you die from,
After all, what is more important is why you were born.
The earth must crumble at the end of time.
I look into the future and see that she,
Short-lived, will not bear fruit for us...
Except for beautiful young faces and scarlet wine.
Until death we will become neither better nor worse.
We are the way Allah created us!
Nobility and meanness, courage and fear -
Everything is built into our bodies from birth.
If you don't share it with your friend on time -
All your wealth will go to the enemy.
In this world, love is the adornment of people,
To be deprived of love is to be without friends.
The one whose heart has not clung to the drink of love,
He's a donkey, even though he doesn't wear donkey ears!
If I were given omnipotence -
I would have cast down such a sky long ago
And would erect another, reasonable sky
So that it loves only the worthy.
Everything we see is only one appearance.
Far from the surface of the world to the bottom.
Consider the obvious in the world to be unimportant,
For the secret essence of things is not visible.
You, Almighty, in my opinion, are greedy and old.
You deal blow after blow to the slave.
Paradise is the reward of the sinless for their obedience.
Would you give me something not as a reward, but as a gift!
You are not very generous, almighty Creator:
How many broken hearts are there in the world due to you!
There are so many ruby lips, musky curls
You, like a miser, hid it in a bottomless casket!
One will not understand what roses smell like. Another of the bitter herbs will produce honey. Give bread to one - he will remember it forever. Sacrifice the life of another - don’t
will understand...
You can't look into tomorrow today,
Just the thought of him makes my chest feel painful.
Who knows how many days you have left to live?
Don't waste them, be prudent.
Water... I drank it once. She doesn't quench my thirst
There is no point in locking the door in front of the future,
There is no point in choosing between evil and good.
The sky throws blindly dice -
Everything that falls out must be lost in time!
Do not envy the one who is stronger and richer, after the dawn there is always a sunset, treat this short life, equal to a sigh, as if it were given to you.
for rent.
I would compare the world to a chessboard -
sometimes it’s day, sometimes it’s night, and you and I are pawns.
Moved quietly and beaten
and put it in a dark box to rest!
Mortals, do not mourn yesterday's losses... Today is today, do not measure tomorrow by the yardstick... Believe neither the past nor the future minute... Believe the minute
current - be happy now...
We change rivers, countries, cities. Other doors. New Years. But we can’t escape ourselves anywhere, and if we escape, we will only go nowhere.
God gives, God takes - that’s the whole story.
What's what remains a mystery to us.
How long to live, how much to drink - they measure
by eye, and even then they strive not to top it up every time.
I would like to mold my life from the smartest things
I didn’t think of it there, but I didn’t manage to do it here.
But Time is our efficient teacher!
As soon as you give me a slap on the head, you have become a little wiser.
The ocean made of drops is large.
The continent is made up of dust particles.
Your coming and going doesn't matter.
Just a fly flew into the window for a moment...
Who is ugly, who is handsome - does not know passion,
A madman in love agrees to go to hell.
Lovers don't care what to wear,
What to lay on the ground, what to put under your head!
Better to fall into poverty, starve or steal,
How to become one of the despicable dishevelers.
It's better to gnaw on bones than to be seduced by sweets
At the table of the scoundrels in power.
Be easier on people. Do you want to be wiser -
Don't hurt with your wisdom.
Have smaller friends, don't expand their circle.
And remember: better than close ones, a friend living far away.
Take a calm look at everyone who is sitting around.
In whom you saw support, you will suddenly see your enemy.
Communicating with a fool will not lead to shame.
Therefore, listen to Khayyam’s advice:
Take the poison offered to you by the sage,
Do not accept balm from the hands of a fool.
Can only be shown to sighted people.
Sing the song only to those who hear.
Give yourself to someone who will be grateful
Who understands, loves and appreciates.
You must be good with both friend and enemy! He who is kind by nature will not find malice in him. If you offend a friend, you will make an enemy; if you hug an enemy, you will gain a friend.
In this unfaithful world, don’t be a fool: Don’t you dare rely on those around you. Look with a firm eye at your closest friend - A friend may turn out to be your worst enemy.
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During his lifetime, the simple Persian scientist Omar Khayyam was known for his works on mathematics and astronomy. After his death he was recognized as an outstanding poet.
They say that his lyrical contribution was not so great and often those who were embarrassed to admit their authorship attributed their creations to him. It’s very convenient to insert a cheeky poem into a conversation and say: it’s not me who thinks so, it’s the great Omar Khayyam.
website I have selected for you a collection of 20 quotes, essentially Persian folk wisdom.
- The lower a person's soul,
The higher the nose lifts.
He reaches his nose there,
Where the soul has not grown. - Who we are are puppets on strings, and our puppeteer is the firmament.
He is leading his show in a big booth.
Now he will make us jump on the carpet of existence,
And then he will put them in his chest one by one. - “The world is piling up such mountains of evil!
Their eternal oppression over the heart is so heavy!”
But if only you could dig them up! How many wonderful
You would find shining diamonds!
- “Hell and heaven are in heaven,” say the bigots.
I looked inside myself and became convinced of the lie:
Hell and heaven are not circles in the palace of the universe,
Hell and heaven are two halves of the soul. - We will never enter this world again,
We will never meet our friends at the table.
Catch every flying moment -
He will never be ambushed later.
- Oh, how many, how many times, getting up from sleep,
I promised that I would not drink wine from now on,
But today, Lord, I do not make a vow:
Can I not drink when spring has arrived? - I think it's better to be alone
How to give the heat of the soul to “someone”?
Having given away a priceless gift to just anyone,
Once you meet your loved one, you will not be able to fall in love.
- If you have a nook to live in -
In our vile times - even a piece of bread,
If you are not a servant to anyone, not a master -
You are happy and truly high in spirit. - Communicating with a fool will not lead to shame,
Therefore, listen to Khayyam’s advice:
Take the poison offered to you by the sage,
Do not accept balm from the hands of a fool. - Torment ages beauties. Get rid of trouble
The one whose eyelids are transparent and whose lips are firm.
Be more tender with your beloved: beauty escapes,
Leaving traces of suffering on the face. - Giving yourself does not mean selling.
And sleeping next to each other does not mean sleeping with you.
Not taking revenge does not mean forgiving everything.
Not being around doesn't mean not loving.
- Don't envy someone who is strong and rich
Sunset always follows dawn.
With this short life, equal to a breath,
Treat it as if it was rented to you. - To live your life wisely, you need to know a lot,
Remember two important rules to get started:
You'd rather starve than eat anything,
And it’s better to be alone than with just anyone.
Quotes and Aphorisms 16.09.2017
Dear readers, today I invite you to a philosophical conversation. After all, we will talk about the statements of the famous poet and philosopher Omar Khayyam. The poet is considered one of the greatest minds and philosophers of the East. Composing aphorisms about life with meaning, Omar Khayyam wrote short quatrains - rubai. It is interesting, however, that during his lifetime he was much better known as an astronomer and mathematician.
Before the Victorian era, it was known only in the East. Due to the breadth of their views, for a long time Khayyam the poet and Khayyam the scientist were considered different people. The collection of quatrains, rubaiyat, was published after the death of the author. Europeans read the rubaiyat in the translation of the English naturalist and poet Edward Fitzgerald. According to writers, Hayam's collection of poems includes more than 5,000 works. Historians are cautious: experts say that Khayyam wrote only 300 to 500 poems.
The philosopher had a keen sense of life and accurately described the characters of people. Noticed peculiarities of behavior in different situations. Despite the fact that he lived many years ago, Khayyam’s sayings and thoughts are still relevant today, and many sayings have become famous aphorisms.
And now I invite you, dear readers, to receive subtle pleasure from the poetic wisdom and wit of the aphorisms and quotes of the great thinker Omar Khayyam.
Quotes and aphorisms of Omar Khayyam about love
The poet could not ignore the eternal theme of relations between men and women. Sincerely and simply he writes:
Days spent without the joys of love,
I consider the burden unnecessary and hateful.
But idealism is alien to Khayyam. Love's tossing is described in several lines:
How often, when we make mistakes in life, we lose those we value.
Trying to please others, sometimes we run away from our neighbors.
We exalt those who are not worthy of us, and betray the most faithful.
Those who love us so much, we offend, and we ourselves expect an apology.
The poet also thought a lot about how true intimacy and love between people is manifested:
Giving yourself does not mean selling.
And sleeping next to each other does not mean sleeping with you.
Not taking revenge does not mean forgiving everything.
Not being around doesn’t mean not loving.
Physical distances mattered more in the distant past than they do now. But mental alienation can still be the same. A connoisseur of souls about the eternal problem of families, the seduction of husbands, said briefly: “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.”
At the same time, the philosopher admits:
A weak man is an unfaithful slave of fate,
Exposed, I am a shameless slave!
Especially in love. I myself, I am the first
Always unfaithful and weak towards many.
About the ideal of female beauty on behalf of men, Khayyam wrote:
You, whose appearance is fresher than wheat fields,
You are a mihrab from the temple of heaven!
When you were born, your mother washed you with ambergris,
By mixing drops of my blood into the aroma!
Surprisingly, more than ten centuries have passed since these lines were written, and the actions of the lovers have hardly changed. Maybe that’s why the wittiest quotes and aphorisms of Omar Khayyam are still so popular?
Quotes from Omar Khayyam about the joy of life
During the life of the scientist in the Islamic world (within modern borders from Azerbaijan to India), religion in literature imposed strict restrictions on the description of love. For more than thirty years, there has been a strict ban on mentioning alcohol in poetry. But the philosopher seems to laugh at the imams. Famous verses are broken down into aphorisms.
They tell us that in the depths of paradise we will embrace the wondrous houris,
Blissfully delighting yourself with the purest honey and wine.
So if it is allowed by the Eternal Ones themselves in the holy paradise,
Is it possible to forget beauties and wine in a fleeting world?
However, Khayyam’s notorious wine is not so much alcoholic as a symbol of the joy of life:
Drink! And into the fire of spring chaos
Throw away the holey, dark cloak of winter.
The earthly path is short. And time is a bird.
The bird has wings... You are at the edge of darkness.
Wine is also a way to comprehend the wisdom of seemingly ordinary phenomena and images:
Man is the truth of the world, the crown
Not everyone knows this, but only a sage.
Drink a drop of wine so you don't think
That creations are all based on the same pattern.
Although the main thing is still the ability to enjoy life:
Do not worry that your name will be forgotten.
Let the intoxicating drink comfort you.
Before your joints fall apart,
Comfort yourself with your beloved by caressing her.
The main feature of the sage’s works is integrity without the currently fashionable conflict. A person is not only integral, but also influences his environment:
Only the dawn will be barely visible in the sky,
Draw from the cup the juice of the invaluable vine!
We know: the truth in the mouths of people is bitter, -
So, then, we must consider wine to be the truth.
This is the whole of Khayyam - he suggests looking for the meaning of life in its endless manifestations.
Aphorisms of Omar Khayyam about life
This is the essence of philosophers - to constantly think about what is happening around and be able to express it accurately and succinctly. Omar Khayyam expressed a very unusual view:
And the nights gave way to days
Before us, oh my dear friend,
And the stars did the same
Your circle is predetermined by fate.
Ah, hush! Walk carefully
To the dust under your foot -
You trample the ashes of beauties,
The remains of their wondrous eyes.
Khayyam is also wise in his attitude towards death and suffering. Like any wise person, he knew that there was no point in regretting the past and that in constant expectation of better happiness, too, could not be found.
Don’t curse heaven for your suffering.
Look at the graves of your friends without sobbing.
Appreciate this fleeting moment.
Don't look at yesterday and tomorrow.
And he wrote about different perceptions of life:
Two people were looking out the same window. One saw rain and mud.
The other is green elm foliage, spring and blue sky.
Two people were looking out the same window.
And, of course, all the basic laws of the universe were obvious to him, which even now indicate that the best thing in life is to do good:
Don't do evil - it will come back like a boomerang,
Don't spit in the well - you will drink the water,
Don't insult someone of lower rank
What if you have to ask for something?
Don't betray your friends - you can't replace them,
And don’t lose your loved ones - you won’t get them back,
Don't lie to yourself - you'll find out over time
That you are betraying yourself with this lie.
The philosopher considered labor to be the main thing, and position in society, wealth and social benefits to be only transitory attributes. About swagger he wrote:
Sometimes someone proudly glances: “It’s me!”
Decorate your outfits with gold: “It’s me!”
But only his affairs will go well,
Suddenly death emerges from ambush: “It’s me!”
In the fleeting nature of existence, the poet valued humanity and the ability to focus on one’s tasks:
Don't envy someone who is strong and rich
Sunset always follows dawn.
With this short life, equal to a breath,
Treat it as if it was rented to you.
Omar Khayyam was able to treat many things with humor:
When I lay my head under the fence,
In the clutches of death, like a bird in the plucking, I will please -
I bequeath: make a jug out of me,
Involve me in your revelry!
Although, like wine, the revelry and joy of the poet cannot be understood only literally. The rubaiyat contains several layers of wisdom.
Reflections on God and Religion
Due to the peculiarities of the worldview of the East at that time, Khayyam could not ignore religion.
God is in the veins of days. All life is His game.
From mercury it is living silver.
It will sparkle with the moon, become silver with a fish...
He is all flexible, and death is His game.
Omar Khayyam took a long time to understand God. God, according to Khayyam, is very different from the Christian trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
In moments He is visible, more often he is hidden.
He keeps a close eye on our lives.
God whiles away eternity with our drama!
He composes, directs and watches.
Strictly speaking, in Islam, only the Holy Spirit is present from the trinity. According to the Koran, Jesus, or rather Isa, is one of the greatest prophets. The scientist openly did not like them:
Prophets came to us in droves,
And they promised light to the dark world.
But they all have their eyes closed
They followed each other down into the darkness.
Although the philosopher took part in raising the children of noble families, he did not leave behind any theological works. The fact is all the more surprising that during 10 years of work in Bukhara, the scientist published 4 fundamental additions to Euclid’s geometry and 2 works on astronomy. Apparently, Theosophy remained outside his interests. His humorous verse speaks about his attitude towards the cult of religion:
I enter the mosque. The hour is late and dull.
I am not in thirst for a miracle and not with a prayer:
Once upon a time I pulled a rug from here,
And he was worn out. We need another...
And here it is directly, without any humor:
In seventy-two exercises everything is in a row
They talk so much about the essence of the Creator!
It’s okay if we chatted nonsense among ourselves -
They fool people with fancy words.
