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Original lyrics
بنی آدم
بنىآدم اعضای یک پیکرند
که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند
چو عضوى به درد آورَد روزگار
دگر عضوها را نمانَد قرار
تو کز محنت دیگران بیغمی
نشاید که نامت نهند آدمی
Submitted by maluca on 2018-01-10
Last edited by Mohamed Zaki on 2024-02-06
Translation
Children of Men
The souls of the children of men1
When the times pain a soul
Other souls become unwhole
No sympathy for others' woe
Means no human are you4
- 1. "Children of men" is a phrase coming from the Bible// https://sites.lafayette.edu/fams101-sp15/2015/01/30/the-earth-hath-he-gi...“Children,as%20God%20is%20the%20one
- 2. In Abrahamic religion, including Islam, which Sa'di followed, God gave the first human soul by breathing into him//https://religionnews.com/2020/07/08/breath-the-divine-metaphor/
- 3. Genesis. Creation of Adam and Eve
- 4. Lit. "makes you unworthy of being called a human"
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𝕯𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖌𝖔 𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖑𝖊 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖌𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 // 𝕽𝖆𝖌𝖊, 𝖗𝖆𝖌𝖊, 𝖆𝖌𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖞𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙
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