Ruba'iyat of Khayyam

RUBA'IYAT OF KHAYYAM Translation, Introduction & Notes by Paul Smith Reprint of 1909 Introduction by R.A. NicholsonOf the 900 to 200o or so ruba'is attributed to Omar Khayyam (died 1132) over 500 years, only ten to twenty percent are now considered to be his. More famous in Iran as an astronomer and mathematician... the nihilistic and hedonistic and occasionally Sufi philosophy in his ruba'is meant his poems were never really popular in his homeland, but after the work of FitzGerald the wes...