Analysis of Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 10
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
A grain dealer to whom Sufis were owing some money asked them for it every day in the town of Waset and used harsh language towards them. The companions had become weary of his reproaches but had no other remedy than to bear them; and one of them who was a pious man remarked: ‘It is more easy to pacify a hungry stomach with promises of food than a grain dealer with promises of money.’
It is preferable to be without the bounty of a gentleman
Than to bear the insults of the gate-keepers.
It is better to die wishing for meat
Than to endure the expostulations of butchers.
| Scheme | X XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01101110101101111100100111011100110010101101111111010011110111110101011111011001010110011101101100110 111000110101010100 11100110110 1110111011 110101110 |
| Characters | 636 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 91 |
| Words per line (avg) | 22 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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