Saadi (poet)'s by shervin19

Shiraz - Iran, Fårs Saadi is well known for his aphorisms, the most famous of which adorns the entrance to the Hall of Nations of the UN building in New York with this call for breaking all barriers: Of One Essence is the Human Race, Thusly has Creation put the Base. One Limb impacted is sufficient, For all Others to feel the Mace. The Unconcern'd with Others' Plight, Are but Brutes with Human Face.

Uploaded: Jun, 16 2010 | Taken: Jul, 13 2009| Viewed: 17 times  | 2 votes Camera:  Canon IXY DIGITAL 500 | Exposure 1/250s, f5.7 | FLength: 7mm

shervin19 - Jun, 16 2010 03:06pm Chief among these works is Goethe's West-Oestlicher Divan. Andre du Ryer was the first European to present Saadi to the West, by means of a partial French translation of Gulistan in 1634. Adam Olearius followed soon with a complete translation of the Bustan and the Gulistan into German in 1654. Ralph Waldo Emerson was also an avid fan of Sadi's writings, contributing to some translated editions himself. Emerson, who read Saadi only in translation, compared his writing to the Bible in terms of its wisdom and the beauty of its narrative.