بنی آدم

بنی آدم

Coldplay

“بنی آدم (Children of Adam)” is a song inspired by the Persian poem of the same name (or sometimes also called “Bani Adam”) by Saadi Shirazi. The poem in English reads:

Humans (Children of Adam) are inherent parts (or more literally, limbs) of one body, and are from the same valuable essence (or more literally, gem) in their creation.
When the conditions of the time hurt one of these parts, other parts will be disturbed.
If you are indifferent about the misery of others,
it may not be appropriate to call you a human being.

The word بنی (bani) is the plural form of ابن (ibn) in Arabic which means son. However, in this poem, the intention of Saadi was the whole humankind and the “Children of Adam” would give a more appropriate meaning to the content.