A Ruba’i of Omar Xayyâm
Here we have a Ruba’i (robâ’i) by Iranian Poet Omar Khayyam (Omar Xayyâm) who has a unique worldview.
Ruba’i No. 43 by Omar Khayyam
مَن هیچ نَدانَم که مَرا آنکه سِرِشت
man hič nadânam ke(h) marâ ânke(h) serešt
مَن = I
هیچ = nothing
نَدانَم = not know
که = that
مَرا = short form of man râ/ me
آنکه = who
سِرِشت = to create
اَز اَهلِ بِهِشت کَرد یا دوزَخِ زِشت
az ahl-e behešt kard yâ duzax-e zešt
اَز = from
اهلِ = member of
بِهِشت = paradise
کَرد = made
یا = or
دوزَخ = hell
زِشت = ugly
جامی و بُتی و بَربَطی بَر لَبِ کِشت
jâmi-o boti-o barbati bar lab-e kešt
جامی = a wine glass
بُتی = (a pretty beloved (whom you can worship
بَربَطی = a musical instrument like Arabic ‘oud
بَر = on
لّب = edge of
کِشت = magnificent farm
این هَر سه مَرا نَقد و تو را نَسیه بِهِشت
in har se(h) marâ naqd-o to râ nasiye(h) behešt
این = this (here means these)
هَر سه = every three ones
مَرا = short form of man râ/ to me
تو را = to you
نَسیه = by credit which means it is something you have to wait for
بِهِشت = paradise
Now try to read Khayyam’s Roba’i
مَن هیچ نَدانَم که مَرا آنکه سِرِشت
اَز اَهلِ بِهِشت کَرد یا دوزَخِ زِشت
جامی و بُطی و بَربَطی بَر لَبِ کِشت
این هَرسه مَرا نَقد و تو را نَسیه بِهِشت
Roba’i no 43
Easy Translation:
I don’t know that the one who created me;
made my destiny to go to heaven or to ugly hell;
a glass of wine, a pretty girl, a musical instrument by the side of a nice perspective;
all these three that are in cash are mine and heaven which is a credit is yours;
Khayyam’s roba’i
Translated by: Edward Heron-Allen
I know not whether he who fashioned me appointed me;
to dwell in heaven or in dreadful hell;
but some food, and an adored one, and wine, upon the green bank of a field;
all these three are cash to me: thine be the credit-heaven!;
Same Roba’i
Translated by: Edward FitzGerald
I don’t know he who molded me from ash;
Heaven’s Lush made my lot or Hades Lash;
The lawn, the lute, the loved, and the mulled bash;
For credit Heaven yours, these mine in cash;
Omar Khayyam’s roba’i no.43
Performed by: Homayoun Shajarian and Sohrab Pournazeri
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