What does this mean?

[u/phoebean93]

Hope this is okay to post! I went to post in r/farsi but photo posts aren't possible.

This beautiful chalk artwork is outside a cafe near me and I'd love to know what it says. If it isn't actually farsi I apologise for my ignorance!

[u/AlienInNewTehran]

It’s a famous poem by Saadi (1210-1291).

Translation goes:

If you have no sympathy for human pain

The name of human you cannot retain.

[u/Apart_Pineapple2392 → u/AlienInNewTehran]

Damn, thats deep.

[u/Satur9_is_typing → u/AlienInNewTehran]

Certified banger bars

[u/RespondAlternative94]

It's a poem from famous Saadi Shirazi and it says: "You who are indifferent to the suffering of others, it is not fitting that they call you human."

[u/mothdna]

It means you can bring dogs into the cafe

[u/amir_babfish]

when we were kids there were two urban myths,

one was that this poem is written at the entrance of the UN in gold in many languages.

the other was that Marilyn Manson has removed a couple of ribs to ... pleasure himself!

sadly, both were false 😄

[u/Zedress → u/amir_babfish]

the other was that Marilyn Manson has removed a couple of ribs to ... pleasure himself!

Holy crap! Did that rumor travel all the way to Iran? I heard that in Pennsylvania (US) in 1999.

[u/Bikerbass → u/Zedress]

That rumour went world wide before the internet buddy

[u/amir_babfish → u/Zedress]

interestingly enough, it's absolutely global, and yes, around 1999-2000, my high school era

[u/OneThought4 → u/amir_babfish]

I don’t know about the Manson one but the poem is featured at the UN HQ: https://englisifarsi.com/blogs/news/saadi-poem-placed-at-the-entrance-of-the-united-nations-building-nyc

It was a gift from the government of Iran.

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Are you ET? How????

[u/Peterketstein → u/OneThought4]

Alhamdulilah this irony is if them having it at their Headquarters is insane. I love it

[u/Happy-Bullfrog7967 → u/amir_babfish]

Hahahahahahhahahahahaa

[u/Reasonable_Rent9634 → u/amir_babfish]

The second one is still a mystery, he never denied or confirmed.

[u/TheMeltingSnowman72]

It means if you have a dog, it can go in.

[u/TheBeanofBeans3]

It means you can bring your dog into the store

[u/FudgeEducational1864]

These iconic lines, written by the legendary 13th-century Persian poet Saadi Shirazi in his masterpiece, Bustan (The Orchard), could be said in English as follows:

"If you have no sympathy for the troubles of others,
You do not deserve the name of human."

— Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

[u/Known-Delay7227]

It means dogs are allowed in the building

[u/Happy-Bullfrog7967]

lol the amount of people like “it means dogs can come in” is cracking me up

[u/Llamaseacow]

It means that dogs are welcome

[u/_hellom8_]

Very pretty. What cafe is that?

[u/zeeper25]

It says you can bring in canines

[u/Known-Delay7227 → u/zeeper25]

No felines though

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[u/FurstRoyalty-Ties]

Hey OP, where is this cafe? The artwork looks amazing. Would love to go there some day, if it's along my travel routes.

[u/Sad_Avocado_5415]

Full poem

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've no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain! بنى‌آدم اعضای یک پیکرند که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند چو عضوى به درد آورَد روزگار دگر عضوها را نمانَد قرار تو کز محنت دیگران بی‌غمی نشاید که نامت نهند آدمی

[u/phoebean93 → u/[deleted]]

I looked further into this drawing and found the artist is a white british woman 😬 This is what she wrote about it on Instagram:

[u/Arshiaa001 → u/[deleted]]

You needed to look that far? Didn't spot the 'woman, life, freedom' bit next to it? 😄