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To: John Biddle who wrote (9816)	11/4/2002 2:48:44 AM
From: HG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13018

Well...i disagree with your comment...and here's why... Khayyam was a Persian Poet, and Persian Poets are known for the sensuous quality of their spiritual poems. They would often write what we call love poems for their God: God was personified as beloved, and you and I reading them today could very well use those same poems for Valentine greetings to our sweethearts! Rumi is an excellent example. There's even a book called 'Love Poems of Rumi',and yet,Rumi was a dervesh....a deeply religious teacher... The reason that sometimes forced these poets to bury the real meanings of their poems under mundane phrases, is the same which forced Nosterdamus to camouflage his predictions....fear of the religious police, fear of witch hunt....it's the fear of being the first to verbalise new concepts... I don't know what Omar Khayyam really meant to convey thru these quatrains, but even if Walters interpretation is stretched, thats because translation/interpretation of litrary pieces draws from the perceptions, biases, beliefs and yes, even occupation of the translator/interpretor. In other words, the interpretor sees the work thru the glasses colored by his personal experiences and the environment he lives in. In his later works, even Pluto's work concerning dialogues of Socrates, is clearly clouded by his own beliefs. I've grown up with a good dose of the Rubayyat, and had never seen them interpreted this way. I personally found the interpretation philosophically delightful.......just a different point of view and i like reading about different point of views...