Omar Hayyam (1048–1131), velikiy persidskiy poet, filosof i uchenyy — neosporimyy klassik mirovoy liriki.
Na protyazhenii vsey svoey zhizni on pisal stihotvornye aforizmy, rubai, v kotoryh otrazhal sokrovennye mysli o lyubvi i nenavisti, dobre i zle, sudbe i roke.
Znamenitye Rubayat, zastavlyayuschie zadumatsya o zhizni i posmeyatsya nad bespomoschnostyu cheloveka v borbe s samim soboy, ostayutsy...