Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat that can change your outlook on life

About life

For many years I thought about life on earth. There is nothing incomprehensible to me under the moon. I know that I know nothing! This is the last truth I discovered. - It is known that everything in the world is just vanity of vanities: Be cheerful, don’t worry - the light stands on this. What happened is past, what will happen is unknown, so don’t worry later about what is not here today. - In this unfaithful world, don’t be a fool: Don’t rely on those around you. Look at your closest friend with a sober eye: A friend may turn out to be your worst enemy. - If omnipotence had been given to me, I would have cast down such a sky long ago and erected another, rational sky, so that it would love only the worthy. -Where did we come from? Where are we going on our way? What is the meaning of our life? He is incomprehensible to us! - If you have a nook to live in - In our vile times - and a piece of bread, If you are neither a servant nor a master - You are happy and truly high in spirit. — The doors of this monastery are exit and entrance. What awaits us besides death and fear of adversity? Happiness? Happy is he who lives even for a moment, He who was not born at all is happier. —

Life is a desert, we wander through it naked. Mortal, full of pride, you are simply ridiculous! You find a reason for every step - Meanwhile, it has long been predetermined in heaven. - Miser, don’t lament that times are bad. Spend everything you have. Remember: there is only one life! No matter how much gold you steal, you won’t be able to take even a handful of grain from here to another world. “No one can tell what roses smell like.” Another of the bitter herbs will produce honey. Give bread to one - he will remember it forever. Sacrifice the life of another - he will not understand. - Some people are seduced by earthly life, Some turn to another life in their dreams. Death is a wall. And during his lifetime, no one will know the Highest Truth hidden behind this wall. - For a sage, everyone is a mentor, Who sometimes speaks the Truth! It doesn’t matter Who, it doesn’t matter How, But what matters is What comes out of your mouth! - Don't hold back what goes away, Don't push away what comes. And then happiness will find you on its own. — The world is ruled by violence, anger and revenge. What else is more reliable on earth? Where are the happy people in an angry world? If there are, you can easily count them on your fingers! - “How is it in the other world? - I asked the sage, Consoling himself with wine in the corner of the cellar. “Drink,” he replied. - The road there is long. None of those who left have returned yet." “If I end up in hellfire with a smart guy, then I’ll probably be able to live in hell.” God forbid you end up in heaven with a fool. Avert such misfortune, O Almighty! - Everything in the world is natural: The evil emitted by you will certainly return to you! - In this vicious circle - twist it or not - It will not be possible to find the end and the beginning. Our role in this world is to come and go. Who will tell us about the goal and meaning of the path? - What is the use of interpreting to someone who is clueless! - It is better to fall into poverty, starve or steal, Than to fall into the number of despised dishevelers, It is better to gnaw on bones than to be seduced by passions, At the table of scoundrels who have power. - There is no other paradise, except paradise - to live. So, people, know how to love this paradise! - When you leave for five minutes, do not forget to leave warmth in your palms. In the palms of those who are waiting for you, In the palms of those who remember you. - At least wake up for a moment, At least look once, How time fiercely and blindly tramples us. - How can you be a naive simpleton - Wait for the feast, forgetting about your empty wallet. - You got out of rags to riches, But quickly becoming a prince, Don’t forget, so as not to jinx it, Princes are not eternal - dirt is eternal! - Those who have been beaten by life will achieve more. He who has eaten a pound of salt values ​​honey more highly. He who shed tears laughs sincerely. He who died knows that he lives! - If a mill, a bathhouse, a luxurious palace is received as a gift by a fool and a scoundrel, And a worthy one goes into bondage for bread - I don’t care about your justice, creator! - In order to live your life wisely, you need to know a lot. Remember two important rules to begin with: You are better off starving than eating anything, And it’s better to be alone than together with just anyone! - How long will you please all sorts of brutes? Only a fly can give his soul for food! Feed on the blood of your heart and be independent. It is better to swallow tears than to eat leftovers! - You will say: “This life is one moment!” Appreciate it, draw inspiration from it. As you spend it, so it will pass, Don’t forget, she is your creation! “Only those who are worse than us think badly of us.” And those who are better than us... They simply have no time for us. - I wish I could mold my life out of the smartest things: I didn’t think of it there, I couldn’t do it at all. But Time is our efficient teacher! What a slap on the head! So I've become a little wiser.

Wise advice from Omar Khayyam on how to get rid of neurosis, negativity and anger

It’s nice to just bury yourself in your room on an autumn evening, among a pile of your notes and books. Get alone with yourself and your thoughts with the rain quietly knocking on the window. From time to time we must stop, take a breath and look at ourselves and our lives from the outside.

We must ask ourselves questions and answer them sincerely. Our future life depends on the quality of the answers. I often perform such rituals of solitude. It helps me put myself back together and remember everything I live for.

I sit on the floor, lay out my notes, where all my dreams, thoughts and experiences are noted. Nearby I put books in which all the lines that had a greater influence on me are marked.

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For me this is a kind of rite of rebirth and formation. I look at myself, my life, my actions, my surroundings and feel it all out emotionally. I note everything that makes me happy and unhappy. I leave some things, while others I simply remove from my life.

This is how I spent my evening. The main question for me was how to live with the burden of the past, how to forget all my defeats, failures and pain and move on freely, so that all these events would not come back to haunt me and plunge me into despair.

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I took a book with Omar Khayyam’s rubai and just started looking through my bookmarks, in the hope that I would come across some quote that would help me resolve this issue. I always find in Khayyam the truths that I need, and I came across this phrase:

“DO NOT CLUTTER YOUR MEMORY WITH RESULTS, OTHERWISE THERE MAY SIMPLY BE NO ROOM LEFT FOR BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS”

Still from the film Omar Khayyam: The Soothsayer, photo taken from the Internet
Nothing has such an effect on a person as fear, and I felt scared at that moment. I became afraid that because of the burden of the past, resentment, anger and anger, something new and beautiful could not penetrate into my life.

Indeed, I understood what Khayyam meant. After all, by filling our soul and heart with grievances, fears and doubts, we deprive ourselves of the opportunity to be free and be ourselves.

Eastern sage, photo taken from the Internet and is in the public domain

We become tense, gloomy, and unhappy. I couldn’t let go of the past for a long time, and I can’t say that I let it go, but this phrase made me think that there are a lot of things in the world that you can and should spend your energy on and where you really should direct your thoughts.

And constant self-flagellation, complexes, longing for those who don’t need you or for the past will not lead me to anything good. I understood this truth and learned another life lesson.

Eastern sage, photo taken from the Internet and is in the public domain

Therefore, my dear readers, try to direct your efforts and thoughts to those things and people that make you happier. Don't revel in bile and hatred. By hating, you only harm yourself. Although it is difficult to let go, forget and say goodbye, it is better to decide this once than to carry this burden on your shoulders all your life.

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About love

Passion cannot be friends with deep love. If it can, then they will not be together for long. - Love is always tender at the beginning. Always affectionate in my memories. And if you love, it’s pain. And with greed we torment and torment each other. Always! “I came to the sage and asked him: “What is love?” He said: “Nothing!” But I know that many books have been written: Eternity - some write, And others - like a moment. Either it will scorch with fire, or it will melt like snow, What is love? “It’s all human!” And then I looked him straight in the face, How can I understand you? “Nothing or everything?” He said, smiling: “You yourself gave the answer: Nothing or everything - there is no middle ground here!” “I think it’s better to be alone than to give the heat of your soul to “someone.” A priceless gift, given to just anyone, when you meet your loved one, you won’t be able to love it. - Don’t beg for love, loving hopelessly, Don’t wander under your beloved’s window, grieving. Like beggar dervishes, be independent - Maybe then they will love you. - You’d rather be alone than with just anyone! - Lover, in the sorrows of love, don’t call the sky for help. It, believe my words, is more powerless in love than you yourself! — Happiness is given to the brave; it does not like the quiet ones. You go both into water and into fire for happiness. Both the rebel and the submissive are equal before God. Don’t yawn, don’t waste your happiness. -Who needs peace from love there? Consider - dead, certainly not alive, Someone who has never heard of love, Consider dead, certainly not alive.

Quotes from Omar Khayyam

Prepared by: Dmitry Sirotkin

I present to you a selection of quotes from the medieval poet Omar Khayyam .

They harmoniously combine wisdom, feelings, and irony.

Quotes are grouped by topic: life ethics, wine, love, divine, life, wisdom, the meaning of life, man, human manifestations, relationships, good and evil, death, men, gaiety, separation, soul.

About life ethics

Never lose the essence of wisdom in life, Do not lose it in order to cling to good or evil! You are both a traveler, and a path, and a halt on the road, - Don’t lose the way to return to yourself!

We will never enter this world again, We will never meet our friends at the table. Catch every flying moment - You will never catch it later.

Don’t envy someone who is strong and rich; sunset always follows the dawn. Treat this short life, equal to a breath, as if it were given to you on loan.

Isn’t it funny to save a penny all your life, If you still can’t buy eternal life? This life was given to you, my dear, for a while, - Try not to miss the time.

We don’t know whether life will last until the morning... So hurry up and sow the seeds of goodness! And in this perishable world, take care of your love for your friends. Every moment is more valuable than gold and silver.

In one young temptation - feel everything! In one string melody - listen to everything! Don't go into the darkening distances: Live in a short bright strip.

To live your life wisely, you need to know a lot. Remember two important rules to begin with: You’d better starve than eat anything, And it’s better to be alone than with just anyone.

I think it’s better to be lonely than to give the heat of your soul to “someone”. Having given a priceless gift to just anyone, having met your loved one, you will not be able to love.

Don’t do evil - it will come back like a boomerang, Don’t spit in the well - you will drink the water, Don’t insult someone of lower rank, What if you have to ask for something.

Don’t betray your friends, you won’t replace them, And don’t lose your loved ones - you won’t get them back, Don’t lie to yourself - over time you will verify that you are betraying yourself with this lie.

Be softer to people! Do you want to be wiser? - Don’t hurt with your wisdom. Fight with the offender - Fate, be bold. But swear not to offend people!

Close the Koran. Look around freely and think for yourself. Good - always share. Evil - never remember. And in order to rise with your heart, bend down to the fallen one.

At the hour when the beginning took place, everyone was glad and did not expect anything more. Arguing about more always became just a quarrel. Here's the moral so that you don't become greedy in life.

He who is beaten by life will achieve more. He who eats a pound of salt appreciates honey more. He who shed tears laughs sincerely. He who died knows that he lives!

Only the essence, as it is worthy of men, speak, Only answering the words, lord, speak. There are two ears, but one tongue is not given by chance - Listen twice and speak only once!

Be a freethinker! Remember our vow: “The saint is narrow, the hypocrite is cruel.” Khayyam’s sermon sounds stubborn: “Be a thief, but be wide-hearted!”

A plucked flower must be given as a gift, a poem that has been started must be completed, and the woman you love must be happy, otherwise there would be no point in undertaking something that is beyond your strength.

Live, madman!.. Spend while you're rich! After all, you yourself are not a precious treasure. And don’t dream - the thieves won’t conspire to pull you back out of the coffin!

About wine

All the kingdoms of the world - for a glass of wine! All the wisdom of books - for the pungency of wine! All honors - for the shine and velvet of wine! All the music is for the gurgling of wine!

The wine of your whole life keeps going. Anyone who doesn’t drink is a burden to themselves. And give wine to the mountain - the mountain will dance. Wine will bring youth to the old too!

“Drinking wine is a sin.” Think, don't rush! You yourself clearly do not sin against life. Sent to hell because of wine and women? Then there probably won't be a soul in heaven.

They tell me: “Khayyam, don’t drink wine!” But what should we do? Only a drunk can hear the tender speech of a hyacinth to a tulip, which she does not speak to me!

“Don’t drink, Khayyam!” Well, how can I explain to them that I don’t agree to live in the dark! And the sparkle of wine and the wicked gaze of a sweetheart - These are two brilliant reasons to drink!

I am near the wine like a willow near a stream: A foamy stream waters my root. So God judged! Was he thinking about anything? And if I had stopped drinking, I would have let him down!

Is anyone who knows how to benefit from wine drunk? His head is wonderfully clear. For a fool, with excess, the harm is undeniable, but with reasonable drinking, there is only one benefit.

Heart, stay away from drunkenness in life, stay away from full cups at a feast! There is healing in wine, there is suffering in drunkenness, Don’t be afraid of medicine, if you get sick, beware.

Wine is not only a friend. Wine is a sage: With it, misunderstandings and heresies are over! Wine is an alchemist: it transforms life’s lead into golden dust at once.

About love

Love at the beginning is always tender. In my memories, she is always affectionate. And if you love, it’s pain! And with greed we torment and torment each other - always.

There is no love in those who are not tormented by violence, In those damp twigs there is smoke. Love is a bonfire, blazing, sleepless... The lover is wounded. He is incurable!

Prepare wine for wounded love! Muscat and scarlet, like blood. Fill up the fire, sleepless, hidden, And entangle the soul in stringed silk again.

We bring life to love - the last gift? The blow is placed close to the heart. But even a moment before death - give your lips, Oh, sweet cup of tender enchantment!

You're not the only one unhappy. Do not anger with the stubbornness of Heaven. Renew your strength On your young breast, elastically tender... You will find delight. And don't look for love.

In this world, love is the adornment of people. To be deprived of love is to be without friends. The one whose heart has not clung to the drink of love is a donkey, even though he does not wear donkey ears!

The moon-faced face of me and the Moon is visible, I bowed my head at the sight of the two moons. I saw the moon on earth and in the sky, And the heavenly one was eclipsed at that very moment!

To reach her cheeks - tender roses? First there are thousands of splinters in the heart! So the comb: cut into small teeth, So that it floats sweeter in the luxury of hair!

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About the divine

In moments He is visible, more often he is hidden. He keeps a close eye on our lives. God whiles away eternity with our drama! He composes, directs and watches.

God is in the veins of days. All life is His game. From mercury it is living silver. It will sparkle with the moon, become silver with a fish... He is all flexible, and death is His game.

You are looking for God everywhere, night and day, You are looking outside of yourself, blind in your dreams of Him. God speaks to you in different dialects: “Are you looking for where and for whom? I am in you!”

If today your soul leaves for faith, imprisonment awaits you together with God. The sigh that you dare to take without God will burn you with a hot flame tomorrow.

Since the beginning of time, foolish people have amused themselves with a rainbow of words instead of the truth; Although Jesus and Muhammad came to their aid, they did not penetrate into the secrecy of the foundations.

Those who have a false view of the Truth, Those who do only prayer all nights in a row. But the grain of obedience is better before God, Than a hundred years of prayer, an unnecessary ritual!

You put our heart into a dirty lump. You let an insidious snake into heaven. And to the person - You are the accuser, aren't you? Hurry up and ask him to forgive you!

What do I care about the bliss of heaven - “later”? I ask now, in cash, wine... I don’t believe in credit! And what do I need Glory for: Drumming thunder right under my ear?!

The saints want to fill the ocean with pebbles. A hopeless plan! They frighten with hell, tempt with heaven... And where are the messengers from these distant countries?

Good and evil are at war: the world is on fire. What about the sky? The sky is to the side. Curses and furious hymns do not reach the blue heights.

I fled from You, but accept and forgive, And shelter under the shadow of your kindness! You cannot escape the path that You have destined, You have outlined, so You lead along the path!

About life

Life is a bitter and drunken wine!

I would compare the world to a chessboard: Now it’s day, now it’s night... And the pawns? - we are with you. They move you, press you, and beat you. And they put it in a dark box to rest.

Doubt, faith, the ardor of living passions - A play of airy soap bubbles: That one flashed like a rainbow, and this one is gray... And they will all fly away! This is people's lives.

What's life? Bazaar... Don't look for a friend there. What's life? Bruise... Don't look for medicine. Don't change yourself. Smile at people. But don’t look for people’s smiles.

The drop said goodbye to the sea - all in tears! The Sea laughed freely - everything was in the rays! “Fly up to the sky, fall to the ground, - The end is the same: again - in my waves.”

Death is not scary. Life can be scary, a random, imposed life... In the dark they slipped me an empty one. And without a fight I will give this life.

Days are river waves in minute silver, Desert sand in a melting game. Live today. And Yesterday and Tomorrow are not so necessary in the earthly calendar.

In the heavenly cup there is the hop of airy roses. Break the glass of vain petty dreams! Why worries, honors, dreams? The sound of quiet strings... and the delicate silk of hair...

They say that a man must know his craft and compare all his actions with his father’s ideal. Nowadays, however, they think differently: “Nothing! You just need to have gold!”

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About wisdom

He who has learned the secrets of the spirit in his heart reads the hearts of no matter who stands before him. He himself is the sea, a diver and priceless pearls! Delve into the wisdom of what I just said!

The essence of truth does not come from words, For gifts it is not possible to look into its secrets. Until your heart is wounded, you have not suffered for half a century, They will not show you the way to insight.

For whom is it easy? To inexperienced hearts. And in words - to deep sages. And I looked cruel secrets in the eyes And went into the shadows, envying the blind.

I started a bed of Wisdom in the garden. I cherished it, watered it - and I’m waiting... The harvest is approaching, and from the garden bed a voice: “I came with the rain and I’ll leave with the wind.”

The ashes of the sages are sad, my young friend. Their lives are scattered, my young friend. “But their proud lessons resonate with us!” And this is the wind of words, my young friend.

The devotees were exhausted from thoughts. And the same secrets dry out the wise mind. For us, ignoramuses, fresh grape juice, and for them, the great ones, dried raisins!

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About the meaning of life

Learn all the secrets of wisdom! - And there?.. Arrange the whole world in your own way! - And there?.. Live carefree until you are a hundred years old, happy... You will miraculously survive until two hundred!.. - And there?..

I ask: “What did I have? What's ahead?.. He rushed about, raged... And you become dust, and people will say: “A short fire has burned out somewhere.”

The jug braves: “Yes, I am from the earth! But since they took me out of there, Since they gave me shape, shine - not with the purpose, of course, To make me a lump of earth again!”

Well, let’s say that you will be honored, And the fulfillment of your desires will come, Where will you find old friends and time for youth in the bustle, between honorable worries?

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About a human

We are a source of fun and a mine of sorrow. We are a receptacle of filth and a pure spring. Man, as if in a mirror, the world has many faces. He is insignificant - and he is immeasurably great!

Man is the truth of the world, the crown - Not everyone knows this, but only the sage. Drink a drop of wine so that you don’t think that all creations are based on the same model.

You are a mine, since you go in search of a ruby, You are loved, since you live in the hope of a date. Delve into the essence of these words - both simple and wise: Everything you are looking for, you will certainly find in yourself!

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About human manifestations

How often, when we make mistakes in life, we lose those we value. Trying to please others, sometimes we run away from our neighbors. We exalt those who are not worthy of us, and betray the most faithful. Those who love us so much, we offend, and we ourselves expect an apology.

I swore and again broke my vow, And the vow has been crying out from me for a long time. Yesterday I broke the cup in the name of a vow, And today in honor of the cup I broke the ban!

I enter the mosque. The hour is late and dull. I am not in thirst for a miracle and not with a prayer: Once upon a time I pulled a rug from here, But it was worn out. We need another...

About relationships

Giving yourself does not mean selling. And sleeping next to each other does not mean sleeping with you. Not taking revenge does not mean forgiving everything. Not being around doesn't mean not loving.

The original thread of human connections is breaking, to become attached - to whom? What to love? Who to be friends with? There is no humanity. It’s better to avoid everyone and, without opening your soul, talk nonsense.

It was as if a key had been found for the door. It was as if there was a bright ray in the fog. There was a revelation about “I” and “You”... A moment - darkness! And the key sank into the abyss!

You can seduce a man who has a wife, you can seduce a man who has a mistress, but you cannot seduce a man who has a beloved woman.

About good and evil

Evil is not born from good and vice versa...

There is a lot of evil that seemed good to me before, and goodness that turned into only evil for me! I do not know what I want? Give me, God, That which will bring good into my soul and into my home!

Your heart inclines you towards evil - so do good! Goodness can skillfully unravel the knot. If both are in a hurry to become your friend forever, then boldly choose the good as your friend!

Great - throw some grains in the fields! It’s more beautiful to throw the sun into our souls! And to subordinate free people to Good is more beautiful than giving freedom to slaves.

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About death

“I have been to the very bottom of the depths. Took off towards Saturn. There are no such twists, No such nets that I cannot untangle...” There are! Dark knot of death. He's alone!

Have you sinned, are you confused, Khayyam? Don't bother Heaven with your tears. Be sincere! And wait for death calmly: There is either the Abyss, or Pity for us!

“Death will appear and mow down in reality the withered grass of silent days...” Make a jug from my ashes: I will be refreshed with wine - and I will come to life.

About men

If you recognize the superiority of others, that means you are a husband. If you are the master of your actions, that means you are a husband. There is no honor in the humiliation of one who is defeated, Kind to those who have fallen in misfortune, that means a husband!

Not a man who is used to grooming his appearance, Who strives to please every moment. Be courageous everywhere, adorn your soul, For a woman is a husband who adorns her face!

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About gaiety

Know how to always be in good spirits, drink more, do not trust the wretched wisdom of people, and say: “Life is a poor bride! The dowry is in my gaiety.”

Have fun! After all, there is both benefit and harm in the world, and why do you grieve over what does not exist? Who achieved something by walking through these doors? When you leave them, the light will not change!

About separation

I suffer, my sighs fly to you, From separation my house and garden have become gloomy. My eyes and heart are far from you, Yet my heart is with you! On the road - my view!

I fell in love with you - there is pain in my heart, my liver is all burned from the fire of separation. I'm sad that I won't see your face today! He raised his eyes to heaven before the birth of the day.

About the soul

The lower man soul, the higher nose up. He reaches with his nose to where his soul has not grown.

To be beautiful does not mean to be born with it, because we can learn beauty. When a Person is beautiful in soul - What appearance can compare with it?

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About miscellaneous

Don’t look for a friend in strange corners, Don’t share your misfortunes with him. Be alone, find a cure for suffering yourself, and let your Comforter heal himself.

Youth rushed off - a fugitive spring - To the underground kingdoms in a halo of sleep, Like a miracle bird, with gentle cunning, Hovered, shone here - and is not visible...

Dreams are dust! There is no place for them in the world. And even if the youthful delirium had come true? What if it snowed in the hot desert? An hour or two of rays - and there is no snow!

How many of those who could not hold out until the morning, How many of those who do not know the path of goodness! How many of those who disgraced the face of man - In jewelry made of gold and silver!

What is grief to sob so inconsolably, Or to lower the flags of joy at a feast? Before it brings bitter turmoil, it must be expelled from the possessions of the soul!

If you compare quotes from Omar Khayyam with quotes from other poets, it is easy to notice that what distinguishes him most is his cheerful praise of wine .

In general, his quotes are distinguished by a rare aphoristic quality , which even famous poets of our time usually fail to achieve.

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