158 Quotes by Omar Khayyám

من بی می ناب زیستن نتوانم بی باده کشید بار تن نتواتنممن بنده آن دمم که ساقی گوید یک جام دگر بگیر ومن نتوانم

نمضي وتبقى العيشة الراضيةوتنمحي آثارنا الماضيةفقبل أن نحيا ومن بعدناوهذه الدنيا على ماهية

Admettons que tu aies résolu l'énigme de la création. Quel est ton destin?Admettons que tu aies pu dépouiller de toutes ses robes la Vérité.Quel est ton destin?Admettons que tu aies vécu cent ans, heureux, et que tu vives cent ans encore.Quel est ton destin?

هر یک چندی یکی بر آید که: منم! با نعمت و با سیم و زر آید که: منم!چون کارَک او نظام گیرد روزی، ناگه، اجل از کمین در آید که: منم!

Ah, my Belovéd, fill the cup that clears To-day of past Regret and future Fears.

And do you think that unto such as you,A maggot-minded, starved, fanatic crew,God gave the Secret, and denied it me?--Well, well, what matters it! believe that too.Old Khayyám, say you, is a debauchee;If only you were half so good as he!He sins no sins but gentle drunkenness,Great-hearted mirth and kind adultery.But yours the cold heart, and the murderous tongue,The wintry soul that hates to hear a song,The close-shut fist, the mean and measuring eye,And all the little poisoned ways of wrong.

Tis all a Chequer-board of nights and daysWhere Destiny with men for Pieces plays:Hither and thither moves, and mates,and slays, And one by one back in the closet lays.

Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Men talk of heaven, - there is no heaven but here; Men talk of hell, - there is no hell but here; Men of hereafters talk and future lives, - O love, there is no other life - but here.