The best rubai of Omar Khayyam To live your life wisely, you need to know. Omar Khayyam it's better to starve

To live your life wisely, you need to know a lot,
Remember two important rules to get started:
It’s better to starve than to eat anything;
It's better to be alone than with just anyone!

We read the poems of Omar Khayyam, not suspecting that this amazing man stood at the origins of algebra, developed astronomy and its sister, astrology. His great discovery was nutritional astrology: he was the first to compile a cookbook for the signs of the zodiac and invented many amazing recipes.

The only child in the family of a wealthy artisan, Omar, whose name translates as “life,” was the raison d’être for his parents. His life until the age of twenty was free and pleasant. In the madrasah he was taught by the best teachers - mathematicians, philosophers, doctors, astronomers and astrologers; he studied science with pleasure, wrote his first, still inept, poems and, like all poets, neglected the prose of life. If at home he sometimes had a chance to look into the kitchen, it was only to receive a tasty treat from his mother. But, as they say, all good things come to an end sooner or later. After the death of his parents, Khayyam had to flee from Nishapur, leaving his father’s rather significant fortune to be plundered...

The fugitive's canvas shoulder bag contained only a few of the most valuable books and a small supply of food. He set off, relying only on his strength and endurance. When my bruised legs were begging for a rest, and my head was spinning from the heat, a lonely house by the road appeared in the distance. On his threshold sat an old man who strongly reminded Omar of his father. “Come in, wanderer,” said the old man, expecting neither participation nor refusal.
- Do you have water, father? - Omar sat down next to him on the threshold.
- I have everything. “But I don’t have the strength to support my poor life,” the elder said slowly.
Omar carefully examined his interlocutor and realized that he was dying of exhaustion. The young man picked up the old man under the arms, carried him into the house and laid him on the bed. I ran to the ditch, brought water, gave the old man something to drink, and then went to the kitchen... And then for the first time I regretted that I had no idea how to cook food!

But there was nothing to do - the fear that the old man might die from exhaustion before his eyes forced him to act without delay. Omar found a hefty piece of beef in the pantry and cut it, glad that the strips turned out thin. He lit a fire and set a heavy copper cauldron to heat. Remembering that in my parents’ house meat was always served with vegetables, I went to the garden.
Omar suddenly felt strangely inspired - as if he had always known what he should do, but had just forgotten a little. Returning to the kitchen, he confidently set to work... He remembered the teachings of Ibn Sina, who claimed that a mixture of garlic, wine and soy sauce quickly returns lost strength to a person, and realized that meat, a most nutritious product, kept in this healing mixture will produce even tastier and healthier and will become a real medicine for the emaciated old man. Soon the beef was ready...
After salting and tasting a piece of meat with a pinch of vegetable side dish, Omar himself was amazed at how delicious it turned out! With a proud smile, he put the meat and vegetables in a small bowl and took it to the old man. He tasted:
- Oooh, son! You have a real gift! - and, shaking his gray head, looked significantly at the young man.
“I’m cooking for the first time,” Omar lowered his eyes. - Well, I saw my mother and the maids a couple of times fiddling with meat... But I liked this activity!

The old man greedily ate the treat without dropping a single piece. Omar, too, emptied his bowl in no time, folded his palms, thanked Allah for shelter and daily bread with a short prayer, and turned to the owner:
- I studied a lot of medical treatises at the madrasah. And the thought often came to me that food is the best cure for all diseases. The great Ibn Sina did not have time to give this science a worthy development, but it seems to me that I can continue and complete the work he started...
- May Allah grant you luck, son!
A few months later, Khayyam left the hospitable house by the road, leaving a surprisingly strong and rejuvenated old man in good health, and continued on his way. Having settled in Isfahan, he continued his studies in mathematics, wrote his first rubai, and at the same time enthusiastically learned to cook, collected and improved ancient recipes!

Rumors about Omar Khayyam, a man who knows how to cook amazing dishes, spread throughout Isfahan. One day, the great Sultan Malikshah himself sent his vizier to the poet with a proposal to become a court nadim.
For the next ten years, he organized lavish receptions and various entertainments for the ruler, invented more and more amazing recipes and developed astrological nutrition tables, in which he described in detail what food representatives of various zodiac signs should eat. (This work brought him truly worldwide fame - even today astrologers in many Eastern countries use his tables!)
After the death of the ruler, Omar Khayyam left the palace and went to Bukhara, where until his last day he was engaged in the construction of an observatory, observing the luminaries, and clarifying his calculations in the new science he created - nutritional astrology. He died at a ripe old age with a happy smile on his lips, writing comments on therapeutic diets...

Beef from Khayama

beef tenderloin 450 g
sunflower oil 4 tbsp. l.
radishes 10 pcs.
cucumber 1 pc.
garlic 4 cloves
dark soy sauce 8 tbsp. l.
dry sherry 4 tbsp. l.
granulated sugar 4 tsp.
grated ginger root 1 tsp.
salt to taste

Peel the garlic, pass through a press, lightly salt. Mix crushed garlic, soy sauce in a bowl, add sherry. Pour granulated sugar into the resulting mixture. Beat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Wash the meat, dry it, cut into thin strips. Pour over the prepared marinade and leave for 12 hours. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and add the meat. Fry over high heat, stirring constantly, for 5-7 minutes. Cut fresh cucumber into thin strips. Mix cucumbers with radishes, add salt, sprinkle with ginger and serve as a side dish with meat.

Sayings of Omar Khayyam: And it’s better to be alone than with just anyone: poetic quotes and sayings

It’s better to give happiness to someone close than to suffer uselessly for general happiness. It is better to tie a friend to yourself with kindness, Than to free humanity from its shackles.
652
O firmament, I always suffer from you, You tear the shirt of my happiness without shame. If the wind blows on me, you turn it into fire, I touch the water with my lips - the water turns to dust!
653
I will only swear to guilt in mad love,
And if they call me a reveler, so be it!
“Where are you coming from,” they will ask, “wine barrel?” —
So I will drink in the blood of the blessed vine.
654
To live your life wisely, you need to know a lot,
Remember two important rules to get started:
You'd rather starve than eat anything
And it’s better to be alone than with just anyone.
655
In moments it is visible, more often it is hidden. He keeps a close eye on our lives. God whiles away eternity with our drama! He composes, directs and watches.
656
Friend, be aware of your poverty! You came into the world with nothing, the grave will take everything. “I don’t drink, because death is near,” you tell me; But drink or don’t drink, she will come in her own time.

657
What is he screaming about, disturbing sensitive ears, What did the rooster see in the mirror of the dawn? Life passes, and this night flashed by, But you are asleep and deaf to the terrible news.
658
Hey potter! And how long will you, villain, mock the clay, the ashes of people? You, I see, put the palm of Faridun himself in the wheel. You're crazy, really!
659
Inhale the world's fumes from someone else's cooking?! Put a hundred patches on the holes in life?! Pay the universe's bills with smiles?! - No! I'm not that hard-working and rich!
660
Be Aristotle, Dzhemkhur be wiser, Be God or Caesar stronger, Drink wine anyway. There is only one end - the grave: After all, even King Bahram rested in it forever.

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651. “Why suffer uselessly for the sake of common happiness...” Translation by G. Plisetsky
652. “O firmament, I endure from you...” Translation by A. Starostin
653. “I will only swear to guilt in mad love...” Translation by N. Strizhkov
654. “To live life wisely...” Translation by O. Rumer
655. “In moments it is visible, more often it is hidden...” Translation by I. Tkhorzhevsky
656. “Friend, be aware of your poverty!..” Translation by O. Rumer
657. “What is he screaming about, disturbing sensitive ears...” Translation by K. Arseneva
658. “Hey, potter! And as long as you remain, you villain...” Translation by G. Plisetsky
659. “Inhale the world’s children from someone else’s cooking?!.” Translation by I. Tkhorzhevsky
660. “Be Aristotle, Dzhemkhura be wiser...” Translation by O. Rumer ....................................................

The image of the great poet of the East Omar Khayyam is covered in legends, and his biography is full of secrets and mysteries. The ancient East knew Omar Khayyam primarily as an outstanding scientist: mathematician, physicist, astronomer, philosopher. In the modern world, Omar Khayyam is better known as a poet, the creator of original philosophical and lyrical quatrains - wise, full of humor, guile and audacity rubai.

Rubai is one of the most complex genre forms of Tajik-Persian poetry. The volume of the rubai is four lines, three of which (rarely four) rhyme with each other. Khayyam is an unsurpassed master of this genre. His rubai amaze with the accuracy of his observations and the depth of his understanding of the world and human soul, the brightness of his images and the grace of his rhythm.

Living in the religious east, Omar Khayyam thinks about God, but decisively rejects all church dogmas. His irony and free-thinking were reflected in the rubai. He was supported by many poets of his time, but due to fear of persecution for freethinking and blasphemy, they also attributed their works to Khayyam.

Omar Khayyam is a humanist; for him, man and his spiritual world are above all. He appreciates the pleasure and joy of life, enjoying every minute. And his style of presentation made it possible to express what could not be said out loud in open text.

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15 deep and unsurpassed quotes by Omar Khayyam about man, happiness and love:

1. To be beautiful does not mean to be born so,

After all, we can learn beauty.

When a man is beautiful in soul -

What appearance can compare with her?

2. The lower a person’s soul, the higher his nose turns up.

He reaches with his nose to where his soul has not grown.

3. 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!

4. Two people were looking through the same window. One saw rain and mud.

The other is green elm foliage, spring and blue sky.

Two people were looking out the same window.

5. 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!

6. 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.

7. We will never enter this world again,

We will never meet our friends at the table.

Catch every flying moment -

he will never be ambushed later.

8. Don’t envy someone who is strong and rich,

Sunset always follows dawn.

With this short life, equal to a breath,

Treat it as if it was rented to you.

9. I think it's better to be alone

How to give the heat of the soul to “someone”?

Having given away a priceless gift to just anyone,

Once you meet your loved one, you will not be able to fall in love.

10. Isn’t it funny to save a penny all your life,

What if you still can’t buy eternal life?

This life was given to you, my dear, for a while, -

Try not to waste time.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. To live your life wisely, you need to know a lot,

Remember two important rules to get started:

You'd rather starve than eat anything

And it’s better to be alone than with just anyone.

14. 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 can't replace them,

And don’t lose your loved ones - you won’t get them back,

Don't lie to yourself - you'll find out over time

That you are betraying yourself with this lie.

15. A plucked flower should be given as a gift,

the poem started is completed,

and the beloved woman is happy,

Otherwise, you shouldn’t take on something you can’t do.

He who understands life is no longer in a hurry,
Savoring every moment and watching
As a child sleeps, an old man prays,
How it rains and how a snowflake melts.
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Communicating with a fool will not lead to shame,

Therefore, listen to Khayyam’s advice:

Take the poison offered to you by the sage,

I know the world: in it a thief sits on a thief,

A wise man always loses in an argument with a fool,

The dishonest one shames the honest one,

And a drop of happiness drowns in a sea of grief.
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Another author, if you are really interested in this topic, you can find rubai on the topic of a wife, like you need to take a small one, like “choose the lesser of two evils.” There was a similar thought in some verse

“Hell and heaven are in heaven,” say the bigots.

I looked inside myself and became convinced of the lie:

Hell and heaven are not circles in the palace of the universe,

Hell and heaven are two halves of the soul.

In general, motivational rubai are not typical for Khayyam. He had more depressive, darkly philosophical ones. Well, about wine and boobs, of course)

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The ocean consisting of drops is large.

The continent is made up of dust particles.

Your coming and going don't matter

It was like a fly flew into the window for a moment.

At one time (back in 2012) I became acquainted with the work of Omar Khayyam and wrote several of my own Rubai. I posted them only on the League of Legends website and in one group on VK related to poetry.

One day I asked the gray-haired old man:
"What is the meaning of our life?" The old man answered with a word:
"No one could find the answer to this question,
But if you find me, I will live my life again."

Sages all over the world tried to understand:

Can every person choose a path?
Or is it already destined in the book of fate?
If so, you just need to accept it here.

Now don’t regret the past years,

It’s better to quickly pour some wine into the cup,

For we do not live long in the daily world,

Let's drink together to make life more fun!

I kiss your lips in complete silence,

And under the cover of night, we burn in fire.

Ah, I could remember this wonderful moment forever,

If you were with me now, and not in a beautiful dream.