rumi masnaviAges 4–7
Persian and English
The Elephant in the Dark
فیل در تاریکی
Several people touch an elephant in the dark, each describing it as a different object (a pillar, a fan, a pipe), teaching that partial truth can be misleading.
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فارسی
روزی روزگاری، مردمانی فیلی بزرگ را از سرزمینی دور به شهر آوردند.
مردم خیلی کنجکاو بودند تا این حیوان غولپیکر را ببینند.
اما آنها را به اتاقی بردند که کاملاً تاریک بود.
English
Once, a great elephant was brought to a city from a far-away land.
The people were very curious to see this giant animal.
But they were brought into a room where it was completely dark.
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غولپیکر
ghul-peykar
giant
The people are amazed by the غولپیکر size of the elephant, a word that combines 'ghul' (giant/ogre) and 'peykar' (body/form).