A poem by Sa’adi, an Iranian poet (1184 – 1283/1291?), 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:
بنی آدم اعضای یک پیکرند
که در آفرينش ز یک گوهرند
چو عضوى به درد آورد روزگار
دگر عضوها را نماند قرار
تو کز محنت دیگران بی غمی
نشاید که نامت نهند آدمی
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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Shahrokh
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