Analysis of Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 14
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
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 interceded, saying that he had condoned the fault. The judge rejoined: ‘Thy intercession cannot persuade me to neglect the provision of the law.’ The man continued: ‘Thou hast spoken the truth but amputation is not applicable to a person who steals some property dedicated to pious uses. More over a beggar possesses nothing and whatever belongs to a dervish is dedicated to the use of the needy.’ Thereon the judge released the culprit, saying: ‘The world must indeed have become too narrow for thee that thou hast committed no theft except from the house of such a friend.’ He replied: ‘Hast thou not heard the saying: Sweep out the house of friends and do not knock at the door of foes.’
If thou sinkest in a calamity be not helpless.
Strip thy foes of their skins and thy friends of their fur-coats.
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Metre | 01011100111010101101011011111001010101001010111010101011010100111010010101010101110011010111000101011110010001101011001001010010011010110001011010010101010100110110111011111010110110111011011111010110111011110111 1110001001110 1111110111111 |
Characters | 1,004 |
Words | 178 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 3 |
Letters per line (avg) | 253 |
Words per line (avg) | 57 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 379 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 86 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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