The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam

"The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" by Omar Khayyam is a translation published in 1859 by Edward FitzGerald, rendering Persian quatrains into English. Initially a commercial failure, the work became wildly popular throughout the English-speaking world by the 1880s, inspiring clubs and a "fin de siècle cult." The poems spark enduring debate: Are they expressions of religious skepticism and Epicurean philosophy, or mystical Sufi verses misunderstood by their translator? The authenticity of the quatrains themselves remains deeply uncertain. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Omar Khayyam, 1048-1122
Translator FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883
Title The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam
Credits Produced by Judy Boss, Gregory Walker, and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 71.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PK: Language and Literatures: Indo-Iranian literatures
Subject Persian poetry -- Translations into English
Category Text
EBook-No. 246
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jul 9, 2025
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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