Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains (rubāʿiyāt) attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia".

References to Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in the works by Agatha Christie

 * The novel The Moving Finger takes it name from verse 51 of the work:
 * “The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
 * Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
 * Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
 * Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”


 * The short story The Lamp takes it name from the work:
 * “What lamp has destiny to guide her little children stumbling in the dark?
 * A blind understanding, Heaven replied.”


 * In Mr. Eastwood's Adventure, Anthony Eastwood misquotes from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám when he states “Tomorrow I may be Myself with Yesterday's ten thousand years”. The quote should be for “seven thousand years”.

References to Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in the works by Mary Westmacott

 * In the novel Absent in the Spring, Joan Scudamore quotes:
 * Myself with Yesterday's Seven Thousand Years.