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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