Comments on: The Children of Adam http://ghiasi.org/2008/02/the-children-of-adam/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:04:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FA http://ghiasi.org/2008/02/the-children-of-adam/comment-page-1/#comment-1529 FA Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:36:33 +0000 http://ghiasi.org/blog.php/2008/02/02/the-children-of-adam/#comment-1529 These days, watching the news about the drought in Africa made me to think about this poem. It's so hurtful to watch suffering of those kids, and impossible to not cry. but again, can we call ourselves human, if we see and do nothing about the suffering of others. great poem, and excellent translation. These days, watching the news about the drought in Africa made me to think about this poem. It’s so hurtful to watch suffering of those kids, and impossible to not cry. but again, can we call ourselves human, if we see and do nothing about the suffering of others.

great poem, and excellent translation.

]]> By: Hossain Najafi http://ghiasi.org/2008/02/the-children-of-adam/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Hossain Najafi Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:22:03 +0000 http://ghiasi.org/blog.php/2008/02/02/the-children-of-adam/#comment-1508 Thank You, I have been looking for the meaning for some time now. Daste shoma dard nakone! Mer30! Thank You, I have been looking for the meaning for some time now. Daste shoma dard nakone! Mer30!

]]> By: Behnam http://ghiasi.org/2008/02/the-children-of-adam/comment-page-1/#comment-1487 Behnam Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:57:23 +0000 http://ghiasi.org/blog.php/2008/02/02/the-children-of-adam/#comment-1487 My Translation: Humans, members of one great whole, In creation, one essence, one great soul, When a single member’s afflicted by pain, Renders with pain other members to turn, You, with no compassion for the hurt soul Can’t claim self human in part or in whole Original Translation; “The children of Adam are limbs of one body That share an origin in their creation When one limb passes its days in pain The other limbs cannot remain easy You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.” My Translation:
Humans, members of one great whole,
In creation, one essence, one great soul,
When a single member’s afflicted by pain,
Renders with pain other members to turn,
You, with no compassion for the hurt soul
Can’t claim self human in part or in whole

Original Translation;

“The children of Adam are limbs of one body
That share an origin in their creation
When one limb passes its days in pain
The other limbs cannot remain easy
You who feel no pain at the suffering of others
It is not fitting for you to be called human.”

]]> By: Behnam http://ghiasi.org/2008/02/the-children-of-adam/comment-page-1/#comment-1486 Behnam Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:52:44 +0000 http://ghiasi.org/blog.php/2008/02/02/the-children-of-adam/#comment-1486 Humans, members of one great whole, In creation, one essence, one great soul, When a single member’s afflicted by pain, Renders with pain other members to turn, Have you no compassion for the hurt soul? Can’t claim self human in part or in whole Humans, members of one great whole,
In creation, one essence, one great soul,
When a single member’s afflicted by pain,
Renders with pain other members to turn,
Have you no compassion for the hurt soul?
Can’t claim self human in part or in whole

]]> By: Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink | A Sea Change http://ghiasi.org/2008/02/the-children-of-adam/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink | A Sea Change Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:34:58 +0000 http://ghiasi.org/blog.php/2008/02/02/the-children-of-adam/#comment-582 [...] times spent time with great friends, I was pleasantly surprised on Norouz to find that my modified translation of Saadi’s Bani Adam verse had been quoted on the NY Times. I am truly looking forward to [...] [...] times spent time with great friends, I was pleasantly surprised on Norouz to find that my modified translation of Saadi’s Bani Adam verse had been quoted on the NY Times. I am truly looking forward to [...]

]]> By: elephant 2.0 http://ghiasi.org/2008/02/the-children-of-adam/comment-page-1/#comment-581 elephant 2.0 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:41:36 +0000 http://ghiasi.org/blog.php/2008/02/02/the-children-of-adam/#comment-581 [...] Mr. Obama was quoting from a translation Saadi’s poem “Bani A’dam.” The full text of the poem has been rendered into English in several varying translations. During the siege of Sarajevo in 1994, Anthony Lewis quoted the poem in full in a column in The Times. Marizeh Ghiasi, a blogger in Canada who was born in Tehran, published this translation, beneath an image of the original Persian script on her blog: [...] [...] Mr. Obama was quoting from a translation Saadi’s poem “Bani A’dam.” The full text of the poem has been rendered into English in several varying translations. During the siege of Sarajevo in 1994, Anthony Lewis quoted the poem in full in a column in The Times. Marizeh Ghiasi, a blogger in Canada who was born in Tehran, published this translation, beneath an image of the original Persian script on her blog: [...]

]]> By: Obama: stirring message to Iranian people. Video. And Colbert: funny one. | elephant journal http://ghiasi.org/2008/02/the-children-of-adam/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Obama: stirring message to Iranian people. Video. And Colbert: funny one. | elephant journal Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:49:02 +0000 http://ghiasi.org/blog.php/2008/02/02/the-children-of-adam/#comment-580 [...] Mr. Obama was quoting from a translation Saadi’s poem “Bani A’dam.” The full text of the poem has been rendered into English in several varying translations. During the siege of Sarajevo in 1994, Anthony Lewis quoted the poem in full in a column in The Times. Marizeh Ghiasi, a blogger in Canada who was born in Tehran, published this translation, beneath an image of the original Persian script on her blog: [...] [...] Mr. Obama was quoting from a translation Saadi’s poem “Bani A’dam.” The full text of the poem has been rendered into English in several varying translations. During the siege of Sarajevo in 1994, Anthony Lewis quoted the poem in full in a column in The Times. Marizeh Ghiasi, a blogger in Canada who was born in Tehran, published this translation, beneath an image of the original Persian script on her blog: [...]

]]> By: Obama and Colbert on the Persian New Year - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com http://ghiasi.org/2008/02/the-children-of-adam/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Obama and Colbert on the Persian New Year - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:24:01 +0000 http://ghiasi.org/blog.php/2008/02/02/the-children-of-adam/#comment-579 [...] in Canada who was born in Tehran, translates it, beneath an image of the original Persian script on her blog this way: The children of Adam are the limbs of one body That share an origin in their creation [...] [...] in Canada who was born in Tehran, translates it, beneath an image of the original Persian script on her blog this way: The children of Adam are the limbs of one body That share an origin in their creation [...]

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