Number 20

Iraqi style
English

Number 20

Has anyone ever called the peacock's feather ugly? Or ever called a demon the guardian of paradise? Good and evil are woven into the very nature of people; from the book of their deeds nothing is read but what was written there.
Explanation: «Rezvan» is the angel who keeps paradise; here it stands for the highest good, set against the demon as its opposite.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۲۰

هرگز پر طاووس کسی گفت که زشتست؟ یا دیو کسی گفت که رضوان بهشتست؟
نیکی و بدی در گهر خلق سرشتست از نامه نخوانند مگر آنچه نوشتست