What language does the original text of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam use?

Translations and Influences

Although the original Rubaiyat was composed in Persian, its fame and fascination reached far beyond its linguistic borders. The global appreciation of Khayyam’s verses began when the Rubaiyat was first translated into English by British poet and writer, Edward FitzGerald, in 1859. FitzGerald's translation, while not entirely faithful to the original Persian text, captured the spirit and essence of Khayyam's philosophies and made them accessible to a Western audience.