R2-D2

Dear Yolanda

Khayyam's Philosophy is to live for here and now ... Period!

If you like Ostaad's singing of Khayyam's Rubiyyat's,  here it is:

Shajarian - Khayyam - Shamlou

There are a total of  thirty (30) Rubiyyats here - Shamlou is the one reading them, before Shajarian sings them :)

P.S. Rumi and Khayyam have a totally different, and in many ways, diametrically opposite philosophies to life - Rumi, in many ways, is much more spiritual :)

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Hi R2-D2,

     I saved the video......I like the classical Persian paintings at the end of the video. I tried to find Ostaad's Khayyam song on You-tube, but there is none! Last year, I saved this song with Khayyam's poem. It seems to be the prettiest Khayyam song so far (it is just my personal opinion):

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoSEC9U9odw

I noticed that Khayyam wrote about wine and drinking a lot and I found a drinking song, :O)

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMMPHVVqt60

I went to a stamp show last Saturday and found no commemorative stamps issued for Khayyam or Rumi by IRI. I wonder why....Is that because IRI bans drinking and Khayyam talked about wine and drinking too much? Other countries issued stamps honoring Khayyam big time:

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The strange thing is that IRI has never issued stamps honoring Rumi either....or I may be wrong? I have found none so far....

Afghanistan issued a stamp in his honor:

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stamp_from_Afghanistan_honoring_Mawlana_Jalaluddin_Balkhi_aka_Rumi.jpg

thanks,