proverb · Legacy record
The night hides our world but reveals the majestic universe.
The night hides our world but reveals the majestic universe.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Night hiding the familiar world while revealing a majestic universe contrasts loss of one view with an expanded perspective. The saying gives darkness an image of discovery.
What the words are saying
The scene is poetic rather than an astronomical measurement or guarantee of visibility. A useful reading can appreciate how a changed setting makes different things noticeable. It does not claim that loss is always beneficial or that every person must find wonder in darkness.
Everyday example
A reader notices a new perspective in a changed situation without declaring the change universally welcome.
When to use it
Use it as a perspective-and-wonder image with individual experience retained.
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What it does not mean
No universal benefit from loss or specific astronomical visibility rule is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 530; PDF page 49; collection label: Persia/Iran
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- Persia/Iran