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Well, I didn't get any takers to this challenge but after a bit of googling and looking at examples of summation/sigma notation, I think I've got something close to what I was looking for. I wrote it out in English below the "equation". Hopefully people will find it fun(ny).
http://sartre2.byu.edu/persian/poetry/MashuqeMan1.html
I'll still gladly take suggestions though!
Hi,
I was working on a Persian language poem and thought I might "illustrate" it by expressing the poem in a mathematical equation which would not only be fun but also see how Persian script and math notation might fit together. (This is an area of neglect.)
The poem is here:
http://sartre2.byu.edu/persian/poetry/MashuqeMan1.html
and I've put a "rough draft" of the math equation just to start somewhere. (Note: I forgot all my math after high school and I should not even be thinking of doing this!)
In English, the poem seems to say, "Over time, the value of the lover (the woman, she) increases while that of the beloved (the man, he) decreases.
That is to say, from her point of view, he is at first, larger than life and she is the weak one, but after time goes by, he turns out to be in need of her protection.
I was hoping to get, in one equation, Persian numbers (I have put 9's there now), Persian words ( you see two and I've temporarily put the English translation in red) and also a sigma and also a lim -> infinity.
There is only one small problem: The math is completely
incorrect as it is. Can it be tweaked to convey the meaning of the poem in some way without removing too much? It is, of course, supposed to be a cute joke but if it could also be understandable and not violate too many math rules, that would also be nice!
Sorry if this is too bizarre. I wasn't sure I should even ask but here goes...
Thank you in advance if you can salvage this!
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