- Contention of Sa’di with a Disputant concerning Wealth and Poverty
I saw a man in the form but not with the character of a dervish, sitting in an assembly, wby Sa di 93 lines - Ten men eat at a table but two dogs will contend for one piece of carrion. A greedy person will still be hungry with the whole world, whilst a contented man wilby Sa di 9 lines
- One night I had in the desert of Mekkah become so weak from want of sleep that I was unable to walk and, laying myself down, told the camel driver to let me aloby Sa di 8 lines
- Hatim Tai, having been asked whether he had seen in the world anyone of more exalted sentiments than himself, replied: ‘Yes, one day I slaughtered forty camelsby Sa di 4 lines
- A year of dearth set in at Alexandria so that even a dervish lost the reins of patience from his hands, the pearls of heaven were withheld from the earth and thby Sa di 15 lines
- A man used to shout superfluous calls to prayers in the mosque of Sinjar and in a voice which displeased all who heard it. The owner of the mosque, who was a juby Sa di 3 lines
- Three things cannot subsist without three things: property without trade, science without controversy and a country without punishment.
Speak sometimeby Sa di 5 lines - Whenever a man disputes with one who is more learned than himself to make people know of his learning, they will know that he is ignorant.
If oneby Sa di 3 lines - A bareheaded and barefooted pedestrian who had arrived from Kufah with the Hejaz-caravan of pilgrims joined us, strutted about and recited:
‘I am neiby Sa di 12 lines - A great man was praised in an assembly and, his good qualities being extolled, he raised his head and said: ‘I am such as I know myself to be.’
Oby Sa di 7 lines - The noblest of beings is evidently man, and the meanest a dog, but intelligent persons agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
Aby Sa di 5 lines, 1 comment - It once happened that on a journey to the Hejaz a company of young and pious men, whose sentiments harmonized with mine, were my fellow-travellers. They occasioby Sa di 13 lines
- A Maghrabi supplicant said in Aleppo in the row of linen-drapers: ‘Lords of wealth, if you were just and we contented, the trade of begging would vanish from thby Sa di 5 lines
- I was hesitating in the conclusion of a bargain for the purchase of a house when a Jew said: ‘Buy it for I am one of the landholders of this ward. Ask me for aby Sa di 5 lines
- Listen to this story how in Baghdad
A flag and a curtain fell into dispute.by Sa di 20 lines - Whoever does no good in the time of ability will see distress in the time of inability.
No one is more unlucky than an oppressor of menby Sa di 3 lines - How can he hear whose organ of audition has been created dull, and how can he avoid progressing upon whom the noose of happiness has been flung?by Sa di 9 lines
- One of the ulemma of solid learning, having been asked for his opinion about waqfbread, answered: ‘If it be accepted to insure tranquillity of mind from cares fby Sa di 3 lines
- I saw bouquets of fresh roses
Tied upon a cupola of grass.by Sa di 24 lines - A poet went to an amir of robbers and recited a panegyric but he ordered him to be divested of his robe. As the poor man was departing naked in the world, he waby Sa di 5 lines
- A dervish who had fallen into want stole a blanket from the house of a friend. The judge ordered his hand to be amputated but the owner of the blanket intercedeby Sa di 3 lines
- Fortunate men are admonished by the adventures and similes of those who have preceded them, before those who follow them can use the event as a proverb, like thby Sa di 5 lines
- A pious man saw an acrobat in great dudgeon, full of wrath and foaming at the mouth. He asked: ‘What is the matter with this fellow?’ A bystander said: ‘Someoneby Sa di 9 lines
- A king of the Arabs, having been informed of the relations subsisting between Laila and Mejnun, with an account of the latter’s insanity, to the effect that heby Sa di 20 lines
- A great man having been asked why he wore his seal-ring on his left hand, whereas the right possesses so much excellence, replied: ‘Knowest thou not that the meby Sa di 3 lines
- When I was a child I asked an illustrious man about puberty. He replied: ‘It is recorded in books that it has three signs. First, the age of fifteen years; secoby Sa di 13 lines
- Regret will not leave the hearts of two persons and their feet of contention will not emerge from the mire: a merchant with a wrecked ship and a youth sitting wby Sa di 7 lines
- A man, being tormented story by a contrary wind in his belly and not having the power to retain it, unwittingly allowed it to escape. He said: ‘Friends, I had nby Sa di 0 lines
- The good reputation of Sa’di which is current among the people, the renown of his eloquence which has spread on the surface of the earth, the products of his frby Sa di 40 lines
- Hasan Maimundi was asked that, as the Sultan Mahmud possesses so many beautiful slaves, each of whom is a marvel in the world, how it happens that he manifestsby Sa di 9 lines
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