Lines by Ferdowsi
Ferdowsi
فردوسی
Persian poet · c. 940–1020
Abolqasem Ferdowsi spent some thirty years writing the Shahnameh, the Book of Kings. Its roughly fifty thousand couplets tell the myths and history of Iran.
Whoever is wise is able; through knowledge an old heart grows young.
توانا بود هر که دانا بود / ز دانش دل پیر برنا بود
Shahnameh, Opening of the book, part 1
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)