“Have you read Omar Khayyam’s poetry? I adore his intelligence and sensuality, his brave
“Have you read Omar Khayyam’s poetry? I adore his intelligence and sensuality, his bravery and precision. Reading his beautiful work is like being slapped in the face. It’s a continuous elegy to life in the omnipresence of death, pushing us to consider the human condition at all times.” - Abbas KiarostamiFirst edition of Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam, translated from Persian to English by Edward Fitzgerald. -- source link
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