And while one is brought up with luxury and caresses, and is thrown bewildered and despairing into a dark pit, another is lifted from the pit and rai…

- Abolqasem Ferdowsi

I am deathless, I am the eternal Lord For I have spread the seed of the Word.

- Abolqasem Ferdowsi

Our lives pass from us like the wind, and why Should wise men grieve to know that they must die? The Judas blossom fades, the lovely face Of light is…

- Abolqasem Ferdowsi

I turn to right and left, in all the earth I see no signs of justice, sense or worth: A man does evil deeds, and all his days Are filled with luck an…

- Abolqasem Ferdowsi

But all this world is like a tale we hear - Men's evil, and their glory, disappear.

- Abolqasem Ferdowsi

From moment then to moment their desire Gained strength, and wisdom fled before love's fire; Passion engulfed them, and these lovers lay Entwined tog…

- Abolqasem Ferdowsi