Saturday, November 23, 2019
Children of Adam is the seventh song in the second section, Sunset on the main album Everyday Life and released on November 22, 2019. The song was written by Chris, Jonny, Guy, Will, Alice and Whyte. Because it was inspired by the Persian poetry so that it was translated by M. Aryanpor. While Dr. Shahrzad (Sherry) Sami becomes the narrator in this song. The Video of the song was released on November 21, 2019 and has been viewed as much as 30 thousand times by YouTube users. “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. Here's the song lyrics:
[Instrumental]
[Dr. Shahrzad (Sherry) Sami]
بنی آدم اعضای یکدیگرند
که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند
چو عضوی بدرد آورد روزگار،
دگر عضوها را نماند قرار
تو کز محنت دیگران بیغمی،
نشاید که نامت نهند آدمی
[In English]
May there be peace and love and perfection throughout all creation, through God
May there be peace and love and perfection throughout all creation, through God
[Sample: 'Otuto Nke Chukwu']
Gi nwa nke chukwu, gini ka ina ekwu
N'ihi ihe nile
Nke chukwu mere
Original Source: Coldplay - بنی آدم (Children of Adam) Lyrics
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. Here's the song lyrics:
[Instrumental]
[Dr. Shahrzad (Sherry) Sami]
بنی آدم اعضای یکدیگرند
که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند
چو عضوی بدرد آورد روزگار،
دگر عضوها را نماند قرار
تو کز محنت دیگران بیغمی،
نشاید که نامت نهند آدمی
[In English]
May there be peace and love and perfection throughout all creation, through God
May there be peace and love and perfection throughout all creation, through God
[Sample: 'Otuto Nke Chukwu']
Gi nwa nke chukwu, gini ka ina ekwu
N'ihi ihe nile
Nke chukwu mere
Original Source: Coldplay - بنی آدم (Children of Adam) Lyrics