Newin
03-08-10, 01:12
Whether we do like poems or not, there is some poems that really
make us relax for a while or more.
at this time I'm talking about some poems of Persian(Iranian) mathematician, philosopher, astronomer.... Omar Khayyam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khayy%C3%A1m)translated into English by Edward FitzGerald (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_FitzGerald_%28poet%29)
You can download a PDF version of that poems here:
www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/omar_khayyam_2004_9.pdf (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/omar_khayyam_2004_9.pdf)
"Oh, come with old Khayyam, and leave the Wise
To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies;
One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies;
The Flower that once has blown for ever dies."
"And if the Wine you drink, the Lip you press,
End in the Nothing all Things end in — Yes —
Then fancy while Thou art, Thou art but what
Thou shalt be — Nothing — Thou shalt not be less."
Hope you like it
make us relax for a while or more.
at this time I'm talking about some poems of Persian(Iranian) mathematician, philosopher, astronomer.... Omar Khayyam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khayy%C3%A1m)translated into English by Edward FitzGerald (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_FitzGerald_%28poet%29)
You can download a PDF version of that poems here:
www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/omar_khayyam_2004_9.pdf (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/omar_khayyam_2004_9.pdf)
"Oh, come with old Khayyam, and leave the Wise
To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies;
One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies;
The Flower that once has blown for ever dies."
"And if the Wine you drink, the Lip you press,
End in the Nothing all Things end in — Yes —
Then fancy while Thou art, Thou art but what
Thou shalt be — Nothing — Thou shalt not be less."
Hope you like it