Words from Iran
Iran
3 lines from Iran, each with the edition you can check it in.
Ferdowsi · Persian poet
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)
Omar Khayyam · Persian mathematician, astronomer and poet
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, quatrain LI, first edition
Tr. Edward FitzGerald, 1859 · Public domain · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)
Saadi · Persian poet
The children of Adam are limbs of one another, for in their creation they are of one essence.
بنیآدم اعضای یکدیگرند / که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند
Gulistan, Chapter 1, story 10
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)