Number 12

Iraqi style
English

Number 12

The world was not yet here, nor mountain, nor plain; no one to sow, no field to name. Then a seed took hold and gave the land its shape, and color sprang from the heart, and hues blossomed into being.
Explanation: The source text appears fragmentary and partly in a regional dialect, so the reading is tentative. The imagery follows the summary's theme of nature and the earth coming into being.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۲

نه گیتی بد هنوز نه کوشن و دشت کما چهنام داری کومه می کشت
توم چهنام اما آورده بین بوم اما رنک اج دل و والالوان رست