{"product_id":"rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam-and-ralph-waldo-emerson-9781644398821","title":"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and Salaman and Absal of Jami","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdward FitzGerald\u003c\/strong\u003e (31 March 1809 - 14 June 1883) was an English writer, best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayy疥 (1048-1131), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. A Persian ruba'i is a two line stanza with two parts (or hemistechs) per line, hence the word \"Rubaiyat\", (derived from the Arabic root word for 4), meaning \"quatrains\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalaman and Absal\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis among the works of Jami who was one of the greatest Persian poets in the 15th century and one of the last great Sufi poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Waldo Emerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644398826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644398821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indoeuropeanpublishing.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Ralph Waldo Emerson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070190612735,"sku":"9781644398821","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50c05e6f-c461-4cf3-981e-35519d4f29d4.jpg?v=1685428883","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam-and-ralph-waldo-emerson-9781644398821","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}