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Saadi's Mausoleum


Saadi's Mausoleum
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Copyright: Mona ST (Monziii) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 14 W: 0 N: 16] (84)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08
Categories: Artwork
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-04-12 14:35
Viewed: 506
Points: 3
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I took this picture during my first trip to Iran back in August 2006. I've lost the digital original so this is a scan of the developed picture. This is a small part of the great persian poet Saadi's mausoleum in Shiraz and when I took the picture some people were taking pictures of the poem on the wall.

From Wikipedia
Sheikh Saadi (in Persian: سعدی, full name in English: Muslih-ud-Din Mushrif ibn Abdullah) (1184 – 1283/1291?) is one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is recognised not only for the quality of his writing, but also for the depth of his social thought.

One of his poems is used to grace the entrance to the Hall of Nations of the UN building in New York with this call for breaking all barriers:

Human beings are members of a whole,
In creation of one essence and soul.

If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.

If you have no sympathy for human pain,
The name of human you cannot retain.
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Hej Mona,
An excellent picture with a straight and symmetrical perspective. Very good with the light coming in from the left. Some people in the motive always create vitality and interest. Interesting note as well.
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  • msohl Silver Star Critiquer [C: 25 W: 0 N: 1] (49)
  • [2008-04-13 8:51]

I was always wondering how was the poem translated to english, it was easy to findout, but never tried, :D
2 points to the boy with the very cap,
cause it had me ask myself, is his cap half white or it's the sunlight which made it seem bright? :b

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