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The Persian Poetry Channel is your foremost resource on simplified interpretations of the Persian Greats such as Rumi, Hafez, Sa'di, Khayyam... with clear English subtitles. Today Arash interprets the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam E1 ------------- Hello, we have reached the first part of the interpretation of the Rubaiyat of Khayyam Nishaburi. Enjoy Khayyam's genius. First, I explained a short biography of Hakim Omar Khayyam, which is important, and I request you to pay attention to it carefully. In the following, I explained the first three quatrains. If you enjoyed it, don't forget to leave a comment ----- -------- 1- Although my color and face are beautiful, like a tulip, my face is tall and my head is high, I didn't know what adorns me in the earthen terracotta of eternal painting ------------- 2- Bringing to my first anxiety, nothing came of life except my amazement, we went reluctantly and we don't know what was the purpose of coming and staying and leaving -------------- 3- I didn't come back. The benefit of my going away, his honor and glory did not go away, and no one heard me, what was the point of my coming and going -------------- 0:00 - Intro Omar Khayyam / the biography of Omar Khayyam 20:41 - Omar Khayyam rubaiyat number 1 / the first quatrain of Khayyam, even though the color and face are beautiful 24:28 - Omar Khayyam rubaiyat number 2 / the second quatrain Khayyam brought to my first existence 28:32 - Omar Khayyam rubaiyat number 3 / The third quatrain of Khayyam was not useful to me since I came 34:08 - Access to Persian Poetry's social platforms ------------- Social platforms Instagram: / persianpoetry101 telegram : https://telegram.me/persianpoetry101 Facebook : / persianpoetry101 Twitter : / poetry_persian ------------- contributions idpay : https://idpay.ir/persianpoetry Paypal : https ://www.paypal.me/PersianPoetry ------------- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam E1 Mysteries of Creation In this video, the first of the Rubaiyat of Khayyam series, Arash examines Khayyam's worldview and the reasons behind it. It's clear that his poetry was an extension of this worldview and was meant to get us all thinking. Watch this video through to the end as Arash presents an interesting biography of this world renowned poet and examines three of the first quatrains from the Rubaiyat of Khayyam as edited by Sadegh Hedayat. Please remember, if you like the content, the best way to support our efforts is to subscribe to our YouTube channel and to interact with us. Be sure to leave us a comment about your thoughts on this post. And stay in touch in our YouTube community with any general comments, suggestions or criticisms. We aim to improve and that will only happen with interactions with our audience. PS Don't forget to check out our membership program. Click on the join button to learn about the different levels and perks. Many thanks ???????? The Persian Poetry Team