Omar Khayyam and Persian Poets

Before you are the best examples of Persian poetry, adorned with magnificent works of Eastern painting and works 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 — witty and polished rubaiyat filled with deep thoughts about the world and human life.

Hafez (c. 1325–1389), the "singer of roses and nightingales," — a brilliant lyrical poet who had a significant influence on European and Russian literature: from Goethe and Pushkin to the poets of the Silver Age.

Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207–1273) — the author of the lyrical "Divan" and the poem "Masnavi," one of the greatest mystical poets of all time.

Saadi Shirazi (1203–1291) — a wonderful expresser of the truly Persian spirit, his words are on everyone's lips as proverbs and sayings.