Lines by Saadi
Saadi
سعدی شیرازی
Persian poet · c. 1210–1292
Saadi of Shiraz travelled widely before returning home to write the Bustan and the Gulistan. The Gulistan mixes prose stories with short poems on conduct, kindness and power.
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)