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Poetry | Omar Khayyam's khosh bāsh Part 3

Author
Chai & Conversation
Published
Mon 11 Feb 2019
Episode Link
https://chaiandconversation.com/persian-poetry/omar-khayyam-khosh-bash-part-3

 In this lesson, we go over the following lines of the poem:   

chon āghebaté kāré jahān neestee hast
چون عاقِبَتِ کارِ جَهان نیستی اَست
Since the end of the affairs of the world is nothingness

engār ké neestee, chō hastee, khosh bāsh
اِنگار کِه نیستی، چو هَستی خوش باش
suppose that you are not,  but while you are, be happy

After you've listened to this lesson, we would love to see videos of you reciting this poem in a beautiful location- please send your videos to [email protected]

Andak Andak, a poem by Rumi, and song by Shahram Nazeri, is a wonderful one to listen to about the concept of hastee and neestee. 

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