Thank you so much for your velvety voice, it took my soul so high. He WAS A GENIUS, a very extraordinary man and you did him proud.

am i the only one listened to this piece with closed eyes and think about how horrible and wonderful life is?

In junior school, i was 9 or 10 and we each had to pull a name from a small hat , then write about that person. I thought others were lucky, getting Winston Churchill, Sir Francis Drake , Queen Elizabeth the 1st. Known people. I read my slip of paper "Omar Khayyam"? WHO? After the initial trip to the local library, my love affair with his life and words lasted to this day. Wonderful man, so much intelligent and science within the Persian world.

My late mother's absolute favorite...I cherish the copy that she passed down to me...

Rubaiyat [From Persian rubā'iyyāt] simply means a `Four Liners` poem. typically rhyming Line1 Line3 Line4 , (means Lines1,3,4 all are ending in rhymed words, for instance in first verse at (2:26) rhymes are flight-night-light) hats off to Edward Fitzgerald for respecting that rule (respecting the original style take this translation to another level)

An absolutely beautiful reading and representation of Khyyam's Rubiyat. The first time that I have listened to it from beginning to end. Thank you.

Omar Khayyam was a genius, such a beautiful piece on life. You read it beautifully Jason

May thanks. My father normally asked me (every time i travelled to MiddleEast) to purchase The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. After his death I started to listen carefully to these poetry. WoW, What I read latest in psychology reseach (ACT) was already spoken by this wise Sufist. Thanks My father.

Heard the beauty of your recitation and subscribed... BEAUTIFUL !!

Thank you-wholly admirable in presentation, with an excellent performance from the reader.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on; nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.

Dear NS - thank you, a very pleasing production. This work of universal appeal breathes - comes alive on four levels as Dante advises Literal, Allegorical, Moral and Mystical. It owes a great debt to Zoroastrianism - take for instance the 101 quatrains of the fifth edition. Did you know Ahura Mazda has 101 Names... and the 101st is " Awakener of Eternal Spring" which says it all. Happy Days.

I always loved these poems and it is my constant reading companion.

Not only life, but each love and truth be experienced in itself without need of connection to any other. Experience without strife, the mirth beyond conditions to be helped and comforted by a lover. Above and below, within and without, we are the gateway to each Paradise and The Eternal Fire. Duty calls, but not to show. Life is, but a device of each spirit-soul incarnate in matter!

A great Iranian, Persian legend ..

I forgot how amazing that is! Wow! I have gooseflesh. Im in awe of that.

Thanks for your work 👌👌

The first lines have been my favourite for many years but seem changed here. Is it not “Awake for Morning in the Bowl of Night / Has flung the stone that puts the Stars to flight”...?

Learn more about Omar, who he was and how he became who he was and is from the books by Anastasia Novyck.

Thx sir. Where do i get Urdu version

A superlative poem by a singular poet and read with the greatest of éclat. Omar had such a free & unfettered mind, unassailed by medieval superstition and fanaticism. A beautiful mind truly ahead of his time (and ours) & open to the "modern" notion that death is oblivion, mere nothingness.

Pray, please tell us about your production team, they all deserve accolades. Thank you.

Love it! Thank You!

What's the musics after the end

I remember the translation differently. instead of comrades, fellow was used. and at 19:14 it was For in and out, above, about, below, 'Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow-show, Play'd in a Box whose Candle is the Sun, Round which we Phantom Figures come and go. what translation is this. thought the fitzgerald one was the above text?

9:19 XXVIII I came like water and like wind I go

Great post.

27:38 why's stanza 98 skipped?

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Is this version of the book complete?

Does any one know which poem is this in farsi?

Red wine and robayiat together take you to his beautiful time.

excuse my ignorance but what exactly is been sung or read

Beautiful.

Thanks You read exceedingly well

No 594 in The New Oxford Book of English Verse😊 Extract lines 12 - 24 starts at 5:13 ends at 8:33.

Very nice job

What is the music in the Background?

Thank you!

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Marvellous

What was it about FitzGerald's translation that was controversial?

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Take the cash and let the credit go, nor heed the rumble of a distant drum.😎👌

It is difficult to fully take in the prose when there is moaning in the background, Near Eastern or not. Anyone who has lived in the Near East knows that that moaning contains words too. It is like trying to listen to soft music while men in a market shout their marketing calls.

يا بَني النَقصِ وَالعِبَر وَبَني الضَعفِ وَالخَوَر وَبَني البُعدِ في الطِبا عِ عَلى القُربِ في الصُوَر وَالشُكولِ الَّتي تَبا يَنُ في الطولِ وَالقِصَر أَحتِساءً مِنَ الحَرا مِ وَخَتماً عَلى الصُرَر أَينَ مَن كانَ قَبلَكُم مِن ذَوي البَأسِ وَالخَطَر سائِلوا عَنهُمُ المَدا إِنَ وَاِستَبحِثوا الخَبَر سَبَقونا إِلى الرَحي لِ وَإِنّا عَلى الأَثَر مَن مَضى عِبرَةٌ لَنا وَغَداً نَحنُ مُعتَبَر إِنَّ لِلمَوتِ أَخذَةٌ تَسبِقُ اللَمحَ بِالبَصَر فَكَأَنّي بِكُم غَداً في ثِيابٍ مِنَ المَدَر قَد نُقِلتُم مِنَ القُصو رِ إِلى ظُلمَةِ الحُفَر هَيثُ لا تُضرَبُ القِبا بُ عَلَيكُم وَلا الحَجَر حَيثُ لا تَظهَرونَ في ها لِلَهوٍ وَلا سَمَر رَحِمَ اللَهُ مُسلِماً ذَكَرَ اللَهَ فَاِزدَجَر غَفَرَ اللَهُ ذَنبَ مَن خافَ فَاِستَشعَرَ الحَذَر In Italian: O figli della carenza e delle lezioni O figli della debolezza e del disonore O figli della lontananza nei viaggi Sforzatevi verso la vicinanza nelle immagini E il cioccolato che si scioglie Si estende sia in lunghezza che in altezza Bere caldo nel calore E sigillare con un bacio sulle labbra Dov'è colui che era prima di voi Tra coloro che affrontavano pericoli e minacce Interrogate riguardo a loro il passato E cercate informazioni se volete sapere Ci hanno preceduto verso la mietitura E noi seguiamo le loro orme Chi passa davanti a noi è un insegnamento E domani saremo riflessi La morte ha le sue grinfie Che anticipano l'occhio lampeggiante Così sembra che domani Indosserò abiti di materiale scuro Siete stati trasferiti dalle storie All'oscurità delle fosse Che non sia colpito il mantello Né la pietra sopra di voi Dove non appaiono Per divertimento né per gioco Che Dio abbia misericordia di un musulmano Che menzionò Dio e fu ripreso Che Dio perdoni il peccato di chi Teme e sperimenta l'avvertimento.

"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." Omar Khayyam

What is purgatory

Brilliant

Thanks for sharing. It’s Jamshid, not Jamshyd. And it’s not cup, the Persian word is Jaam, which is glass in English. Cup is used for tea, which did not exist in old Persian literature. Also, Kayqobad, Kaykhosro, Nayshapur, so the first syllables are pronounced like “way”.

I am falling into this dream

Please if anyone knows the original persian quatrain , or even the kurdish translation resembling this english quatrain of khayyam let me know . Thanks In advance OH, threats of hell and hopes of paradise ! One thing at least is certain -this life flies; One thing is certain and the rest is lies; The flower that once has blown, forever dies.

I Love Khayyam

My name is rubaiyat

Almost perfect but you missed out Verse 98!

drunken master of poets

Danke, habe Link gesetzt: W.G. Sebald zu Edward Fitzgerald: www.wgsebald.de/FitzGerald/fitzgerald.html

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8:48

This video would’ve be better listen to by solo of Ney or Taar , single instrument , than singer who’s voice is interfering with these poetry !

The background music is unnecessary and distracting.

I know there’s K but it’s KH kind of how Southern Germans pronounce CH.

Starts at 2:26.

Well, you start to voice his Rubayait which...is what I we’re here for...and then you segue into your own fluffy thoughts using the same voice. Are you Omar?

it would be great if read in "Persian" and other languages right after ...

08:58 09:37 09:43 09:48 11:24 12:02

3:20 one who set us all free and one who saw you enslaved to sin...again. 😢

2:26

2:25 first quatrain

Give me the words and wisdom of Omar Khayyam over the preachings and dogma of Muhammad and his followers any day.

14:27

Nandito ako dahil kai JP Enrile

EARTH COULD NOT ANSWER - NOR THE SEAS WHICH MOURN - IN FLOWING PURPLE OF THEIR LORD FORLORN - NOR ROLLING HEAV'N WITH ALL HIS SIGNS REVEALED - AND HIDDEN BY THE SLEEVE OF NIGHT AND MORN.

The name is Jamshedd. Not Jamshyde!

This is NOT Fitzgerald's version but has been interfered with by some later meddler.

this would pair well with some recreational drugs

Why oh why roman numerals, We use arabian or Islamic numerals every day, even on our watches, we'll most of them.

01:35 01:49 02:11 02:49 03:35 03:53 04:01 05:48

What's so great about this?

I feel that it was read too dispassionately and, by her pauses in the wrong place, the reader was at times just reading the lines without real comprehension. In some instances she omits words altogether! However, it is refreshing to hear a good English accent.

ang haba naman neto

The cup must be the female parts

Ps translation is not quite right.

The meter was off, which is understandable and forgivable, because it is a very difficult meter indeed, but otherwise, a beautiful reading.

2:25