Robaei
Robaei is a Persian poetic form that consists of a quatrain, or four lines, with a rhyme scheme of either AABA or AAAA. The word ruba’i means “four” in Arabic, and the plural form of ruba’i is rubaiyat, which is often used to refer to a collection of quatrains.
Some famous examples of rubaiyat are the ones attributed to Omar Khayyam, a 12th-century Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer. His quatrains were translated into English by Edward FitzGerald in the 19th century, and became very popular and influential in Western literature
Create New RobaeiQuatrain 150 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Quatrain 150 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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@hamed
از آمدن و رفتن ما سودی کو؟
وز تار امید عمر ما پودی کو؟
چندین سر و پای نازنینان جهان
می‌سوزد و خاک می‌شود دودی کو؟
Description:
A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam
English Translation:
What benefit is there in our coming and going?
And where is the warp and weft of the thread of our lives’ hope?
How many beautiful heads and feet of the world
Are consumed by fire and turned to smoke?
Quatrain 149 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Quatrain 149 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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@hamed
آن قصر که با چرخ همی‌زد پهلو
بر درگه آن شهان نهادندی رو
دیدیم که بر کنگره‌اش فاخته‌ای
بنشسته همی‌گفت که کوکو کوکو
Description:
A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam
English Translation:
That palace which rivaled the sky in height,
To whose gates kings bowed their heads,
We saw a cuckoo perched upon its battlements,
Cooing, "cuckoo, cuckoo." (where is it? where is it?)
Quatrain 148 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Quatrain 148 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
By
@hamed
نتوان دل شاد را به غم فرسودن
وقت خوش خود بسنگ محنت سودن
کس غیب چه داند که چه خواهد بودن
می باید و معشوق و به کام آسودن
Description:
A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam
English Translation:
One cannot wear down a joyful heart with sorrow,
Nor waste precious time on the stone of hardship.
Who knows what the future holds?
One should drink wine, enjoy a lover, and find peace.
Quatrain 147 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Quatrain 147 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
By
@hamed
می خوردن و گرد نیکوان گردیدن
به زان که به زرق زاهدی ورزیدن
گر عاشق و مست دوزخی خواهد بود
پس روی بهشت کس نخواهد دیدن
Description:
A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam
English Translation:
To drink wine and be among the good,
Is better than feigning piety for show.
If lovers and the intoxicated are destined for Hell,
Then no one will seek the face of Paradise.
Quatrain 146 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Quatrain 146 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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@hamed
مشنو سخن از زمانه ساز آمدگان
می خواه مروق به طراز آمدگان
رفتند یکان یکان فراز آمدگان
کس می ندهد نشان ز بازآمدگان
Description:
A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam
English Translation:
Don’t listen to the tales of those who shape the times,
They seek praise and honor like those who’ve come before.
One by one, those who rose to prominence have gone,
No one gives a sign of those who will return.
Quatrain 145 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Quatrain 145 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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@hamed
گر بر فلکم دست بدی چون یزدان
برداشتمی من این فلک را ز میان
از نو فلکی دگر چنان ساختمی
کازاده بکام دل رسیدی آسان
Description:
A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam
English Translation:
If I had the power of God over the heavens,
I would tear this sky from its place.
I would create a new sky,
Where one could easily obtain their heart's desire.
Quatrain 144 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Quatrain 144 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
By
@hamed
گاویست در آسمان و نامش پروین
یک گاو دگر نهفته در زیر زمین
چشم خردت باز کن از روی یقین
زیر و زبر دو گاو مشتی خر بین
Description:
A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam
English Translation:
A cow is in the sky, named Parvin,
Another cow lies hidden beneath the earth.
Open your eye of wisdom with certainty,
And see the fools below and above these two cows.
Quatrain 143 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Quatrain 143 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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@hamed
قومی متفکرند اندر ره دین
قومی به گمان فتاده در راه یقین
می‌ترسم از آن که بانگ آید روزی
کای بی‌خبران راه نه آنست و نه این
Description:
A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam
English Translation:
Some people ponder deeply the path of religion,
Others have fallen into the belief of certainty.
I fear that one day a voice will cry out,
"O ignorant ones, the path is neither this nor that."
Quatrain 142 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Quatrain 142 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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@hamed
قانع به یک استخوان چو کرکس بودن
به ز آن که طفیل خوان ناکس بودن
با نان جوین خویش حقا که به است
که‌آلوده و پالوده هر خس بودن
Description:
A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam
English Translation:
It's better to be content with a bone, like a vulture,
Than to be a parasite at the table of a lowly one.
Indeed, it's better to eat your own coarse bread,
Than to be soiled and tainted by every worthless person.
Quatrain 141 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Quatrain 141 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
By
@hamed
رندی دیدم نشسته بر خنگ زمین
نه کفر و نه اسلام و نه دنیا و نه دین
نه حق نه حقیقت نه شریعت نه یقین
اندر دو جهان کرا بود زهره این
Description:
A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam
English Translation:
I saw a mystic sitting on a lowly steed,
Neither a believer nor a disbeliever, of this world or the next.
Neither right nor truth, neither law nor certainty,
Who in both worlds had the courage for this.
Quatrain 140 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Quatrain 140 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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@hamed
رفتم که در این منزلِ بیداد بُدَن
در دست نخواهد به جز از باد بُدَن
آن را باید به مرگِ من شاد بُدَن
کز دستِ اجل تواند آزاد بُدَن
Description:
A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam
English Translation:
I’ve gone where all in this unjust world must go,
With nothing but the wind to hold me so.
They must be glad when death has set me free,
For from the Angel of Death, none can flee.
Quatrain 139 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Quatrain 139 from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
By
@hamed
چون حاصل آدمی در این شورستان
جز خوردن غصه نیست تا کندن جان
خرم دل آنکه زین جهان زود برفت
و آسوده کسی که خود نیامد به جهان
Description:
A Beautiful Rubai by Omar Khayyam
English Translation:
Since the harvest of man in this tumultuous field,
Is nothing but sorrow until the plucking of the soul,
Blessed is the heart that leaves this world early,
And at peace is he who never came into the world.