Welcome to the Electronic Literature Foundation's presentation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The Rubaiyat is not a single poem, but is rather a collection of verses written by or attributed to 'Umar Khayyam, the Persian mathematician, philosopher and astronomer who lived from ca. 1048 - 1122. This site presents several editions of the popular Edward FitzGerald adaptation, as well as a more substantial translation by E.H. Whinfield. To enrich your reading experience, we have also included illustrations by Edmund Dulac and Willy Pogany. You can purchase a print version of FitzGerald's translation from Amazon.