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Thursday, July 17, 2014

"The Rubiat of Omar Khayyam" is a Delight as it extolls the virtues of Wine and Women. Agree?



Omar Khayyam wrote of Wine and women
Omar Khayyam was a Persian poet who lived many centuries back. The beauty is he lived in an Islamic environment and yet wrote some lovely verses extolling the virtues of good wine and women. Omar Khayyam’s major opus is called the “the Rubiat of Omar Khayyam” and consists of verses called Quatrains. Khayyam wrote of the virtues of wine and verse after verse extolls the benefits of wine. He also felt that no life is complete in case a man does not taste the elixir called wine.


Omar Khayyam’s works are easily available on the net and once in a way I read his verses, which are an inspiration. I wonder how in Persia he was allowed to write such verses, when the dominant religion was Islam which bans wine and alcohol. However Omar Khayyam by his verses on wine and women has carved for himself a position among the great poets of all time for posterity.

Come to think of it, I don't think Khayyam was wrong. Women and wine , both are great warmers and and wheter in a cold wintry night or a outdoor in the spring with lovely flowers all around, can anything be better. It is a impetus if the  woman shares the wine  and her body. This is life! Hats of to Omar Khayyam

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