Omar Khayyam and Persian Poets

Before you are the best examples of Persian poetry, adorned with magnificent works of Eastern painting and creations by European illustrators. The book collects poems from four great Persian poets. Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) — a famous mathematician, astronomer, poet, and philosopher, but he gained worldwide fame for his quatrains — sparkling and polished rubaiyat, filled with profound reflections on the world and human life. Hafez (circa 1325–1389), “singer of roses and nightingales,” — a genius lyric poet who had a significant impact on European and Russian literature: from Goethe and Pushkin to the poets of the Silver Age. Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207–1273) — the author of the lyrical “Divan” and the poem “Masnavi,” one of the greatest mystic poets of all time. Saadi of Shiraz (1203–1291) — a wonderful expresser of the truly Persian spirit, his words are on everyone's lips as proverbs and winged sayings.