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Hedonistic Themes in Omar Khayyam’s ‘Quatrains’

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This paper presents the hedonistic ideas raised in the worldwide famous poem 'Quatrains' written by the noted Persian poet, Omar Khayyam. As shown in the translation of the text at the hands of the renowned Victorian poet, Edward FitzGerald, the Persian writer attempted to express his tendency to express his persistent desire to seek pleasure and happiness all the time. Khayyam called for man's need to enjoy time as much as possible since death is the end of life. To him, human beings had to face their predestined predicament of living on the face of earth. Human life itself formed a puzzle for the poet. He saw that life was full of contradictions. The poem proved to be imbued with highly philosophical ideas.

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10.21608/shak.2020.257699

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Omar Khayyam, quatrains, Persian, Edward FitzGerald, Hedonism, Epicurus, Cavalier poetry, dichotomy of life, and finality of death

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Dr.Mamdouh

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Ali Ahmed

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Faculty of Arts, Assiut University

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19

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2

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27787

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2019-07-01

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2020-08-03

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2019-07-01

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948

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971

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2314-7431

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2682-4868

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مجلة الدراسات الإنسانية والأدبية

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Hedonistic Themes in Omar Khayyam’s ‘Quatrains’

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23 Jan 2023