Quotes by Omar Khayyam
All Quotes (17)
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Do not reveal the secret of your soul to the wicked. / Fools never tell pain.
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Do not judge anyone, but try to understand, / If you want to reach peace and serenity, lean over the pain of the whole world.
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At dawn, the faces of the tulips are covered with dew, And the violets, moistened, hide their beauty. The rose that sleeps still in bud I love, With the lap of the petals alluringly raised.
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That wonderful secret we all have to hide. My art cannot that word contain it. Whole lands flash before me... and their voices are earthly. You can't tell about the secret, unknown wonder.
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The dawn also appeared to those who were before us! On the vault the stars turned before us too! With your sole, stepping, in the gray dust ball, You crushed the young and bright eye.
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Don't cry! That it is not given to us to choose: Whether you cry or not, if we die we will still die, Our wise heads will become clay. And tomorrow the feet of the potter will trample it.
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There are no men left to love, Only wine can, again and again, calm me down, Don't refuse the pitcher's staff, If in old age it will be useful to you.
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They call me drunk - and indeed I am! Sinner, rebel - and indeed it is! I am me. chatter all you like: Haiam doesn't change. And indeed it is so!
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Master, who makes tents out of the silk of the mind, And to you the darkness will arrive, uncalled. Oh, Hayam! The shaky thread will break. Your life, for nothing, will reach the market.
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As the pearl needs full night, So the soul, the mind, after sufferings sighs. Have you lost everything you had and your heart is empty? This cup will fill itself again.
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The wise man knows for sure: there are no miracles, They don't argue about how many heavens are above, When the eternally enraged mind will be darkened, What does it matter who - ant or wolf - will eat you?
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Life went crazy and passed without a trace, Like a drunken, gloomy night passed. Life - a moment while the whole universe, Like sand slipped between fingers, unknown, passed.
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If longing sneaks up at night - ask to be brought, they come. Don't beg fate to be patient. You are not gold, drunk fool, and they will hardly recognize you, When they dig in the ground to find you.
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I can't give light to the world like a sun, I can't open the gate of the world's secrets, In the sea of thoughts I found the pearl of meaning, But I'm afraid to pierce it I can't.
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Border on the field. A spring. Spring is around. And a girl pours wine into your cup - half. What a precious moment! But as your thought flees to eternity, it has disappeared: it has shattered into pieces.
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In life, drunkenness is more precious than all, The song of the tender chest is more precious than all, The joy of free thought is more precious than all, Forgetting everything that is forbidden is more precious than all.
""No one except God comprehends the secret of the great beginning; no one can step outside himself."