Poetry | Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Intro

In this lesson, we introduce one of the greats of Persian Sufi
poetry, Omar Khayyam. Khayyam was a 12th century poet and a true
renaissance man- in addition to being one of the most well known
Iranian poets, he was also a famed mathematician and astronomer.
This shouldn't be surprising, however, as these disciplines
greatly informed one another.This poem, which we are calling
khosh bāsh, or 'be glad', is one of my favorites, and something I
consider a sort of mantra in life. In it, he reminds us that life
is fleeting, that we all will eventually die, and therefore, now
that we are here, we should be glad.