Some information about the Sufi, mathematician and poet Omar Khayyam is here.
We dabble in the Qur’án now and then,
Read, and repent, yet fall from Grace again;
But in the goblet is engraved a text
That greets eternally the eyes of men.
Translation Arthur B. Talbot
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Hello, dear Murshid. Is there really a goblet in Islamic tradition? If so, what text is engraved on it? If not, what does Omar Khayyam really mean by the goblet and the text engraved on it?
Thank you very much dear Nawab.
Dear Abdul Kabir, since Islam forbids alcohol, of course there is no goblet in Islamic tradition, but first of all, Omar Khayyam was very far from being an orthodox Muslim, and secondly, his poetry very often uses the metaphor of ‘wine,’ so presumably ‘the text’ is what you could learn by ‘drinking wine’. And then it is up to the reader to discover what is meant by ‘wine,’ but be sure that it has very little to do with becoming an alcoholic.
Let me know when you discover the winemaker’s vat, dear brother. Sending loving greetings
Muchas gracias querido Nawab