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1、TheRubaiyatofOmarKhayyamKhayyam,Omar(Translator:EdwardFitzGerald)Published:1889Type(s):PoetrySource:ProjectGutenberg1AboutKhayyam:OmarKhayyam,(1048—1122),wasaPersianmathematician,philo-sopher,astronomerandpoet.Hispoeticworkhaseclipsedhisfameasamathematicianandscientist.
2、2IntroductionOmarKhayyam,TheAstronomer-PoetofPersia.OmarKhayyamwasbornatNaishapurinKhorassaninthelatterhalfofourEleventh,anddiedwithintheFirstQuarterofourTwelfthCen-tury.TheSlenderStoryofhisLifeiscuriouslytwinedaboutthatoftwootherveryconsiderableFiguresintheirTimeandCou
3、ntry:oneofwhomtellstheStoryofallThree.ThiswasNizamulMulk,ViziertoAlpArslantheSon,andMalikShahtheGrandson,ofToghrulBegtheTartar,whohadwrestedPersiafromthefeebleSuccessorofMahmudtheGreat,andfoundedthatSeljukianDynastywhichfinallyrousedEuropeintotheCrusades.ThisNizamulMulk
4、,inhisWasiyat—orTestament—whichhewroteandleftasaMemorialforfutureStatesmen—relatesthefollowing,asquotedintheCalcuttaReview,No.59,fromMirkhond'sHistoryoftheAssassins."'OneofthegreatestofthewisemenofKhorassanwastheImamMowaffakofNaishapur,amanhighlyhonoredandreverenced,—ma
5、yGodrejoicehissoul;hisillustriousyearsexceededeighty-five,anditwastheuniversalbeliefthateveryboywhoreadtheKoranorstudiedthetra-ditionsinhispresence,wouldassuredlyattaintohonorandhappiness.ForthiscausedidmyfathersendmefromTustoNaishapurwithAbd-us-samad,thedoctoroflaw,tha
6、tImightemploymyselfinstudyandlearningundertheguidanceofthatillustriousteacher.Towardsmeheeverturnedaneyeoffavorandkindness,andashispupilIfeltforhimextremeaffectionanddevotion,sothatIpassedfouryearsinhisservice.WhenIfirstcamethere,Ifoundtwootherpupilsofmineownagenewlyarr
7、ived,HakimOmarKhayyam,andtheill-fatedBenSabbah.Bothwereendowedwithsharpnessofwitandthehighestnaturalpowers;andwethreeformedaclosefriendshiptogether.WhentheImamrosefromhislectures,theyusedtojoinme,andwerepeatedtoeachotherthelessonswehadheard.NowOmarwasanativeofNaishapur,
8、whileHasanBenSabbah'sfatherwasoneAli,amanofausterelifeandpractise,buthereticalinhiscreedanddoctrine.OnedayHasa
