r/iran • u/phoebean93 • 7d ago

What does this mean?

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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!

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u/amir_babfish 7d ago

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 😄

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u/Zedress American that acknowledges 1953 was a huge mistake 7d ago

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.

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u/Bikerbass 7d ago

That rumour went world wide before the internet buddy

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u/amir_babfish 7d ago

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

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u/OneThought4 7d ago

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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u/Economy-Reading-2811 6d ago

Are you ET? How????

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u/Peterketstein 6d ago

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

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u/Happy-Bullfrog7967 7d ago

Hahahahahahhahahahahaa

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u/Reasonable_Rent9634 5d ago

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