mark61
12-01-04, 01:32
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Human race are members of one frame,
since all, at first came from the same essence,
when by hard fortune one limb is oppressed
the other members lose their wonted rest,
if thou feels not for others' misery,
thou don't deserve to be called Human.
This poem is engraved at the entrance to the United Nations headquarters in New York. It is from Gulistan by Sa'di (http://www.payk.net/gulistan/) , the Iranian poet, written in 13th century.
Human race are members of one frame,
since all, at first came from the same essence,
when by hard fortune one limb is oppressed
the other members lose their wonted rest,
if thou feels not for others' misery,
thou don't deserve to be called Human.
This poem is engraved at the entrance to the United Nations headquarters in New York. It is from Gulistan by Sa'di (http://www.payk.net/gulistan/) , the Iranian poet, written in 13th century.