(Translations of the three Inscriptions |
on the Cover.) |
1. Arabic. |
“These are our works which prove what we have done; |
Look, therefore, at our works when we are gone.” |
2. Turkish. |
“His genius cast its shadow o’er the world, |
And in brief time he much achieved and wrought: |
The Age’s Sun was he, and aging suns |
Cast lengthy shadows, though their time be short.” |
(Kemál Páská-zádé.) |
3. Persian |
“When we are dead, seek for our resting-place |
Not in the earth, but in the hearts of men.” |
(Jalálu ’d-Dín Rúmí.) |