Where have we come from? Where are we going?

For other English-language translations of this work, see Az Amadan.

Where have we come from? Where are we going?
by Omar Khayyám of Nishapur, translated by Dmitri Smirnov

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From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Literal ranslation by Dmitri Smirnov from Russian translation by Osip Rumer (1883-1954). Source: Омар Хайям. Четверостишия. М., 1938 (Omar Khayyám. Rubaiyat. Moscow, 1938).

72442Where have we come from? Where are we going?Dmitri SmirnovOmar Khayyám of Nishapur

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Where have we come from? Where are we going?
What is the meaning of our lives? We can’t comprehend.
So many pure souls under the blue circle of sky
Burn into ashes! But tell me, where is the smoke?

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