Sunday, March 01, 2026
No War on Iran or anywhere else anymore!
Another war took innocent girls' lives. How many more times do we have to come across and endure the same brutal tragedies?
This
shocking news reminded me that Iranians are poem-loving people.
Here I introduce
a poem by a great classical Persian poet, Sa'adi, while wishing for no more
violence in the name of “war” or “military operation.”
“All
human beings are members of one frame,
Since
all, at first, from the same essence came.
When
time afflicts a limb with pain,
The
other limbs cannot at rest remain.
If thou
feel not for other's misery,
A human
being is no name for thee.”
By a
great classical Persian poet, Sa'adi
(Abū-Muhammad
Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī, c.1210 – 1292)
About the photo: The 13th-century Persian poem "Bani Adam" by Saadi Shirazi is woven into a Persian carpet prominently displayed at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The English translation is on the plaque beside the artwork. For further info: https://www.un.org/ungifts/persian-carpet
