Analysis of Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 29
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
I heard that a dervish, sitting in a cave, had closed the doors upon the face of the world, so that no regard for kings and rich persons remained in the eyes of his desire.
Who opens to himself a door for begging
Will till he dies remain a needy fellow.
Abandon greediness and be a king
Because a neck without desire is high.
One of the kings of that region sent him the information that, trusting in the good manners of the respected dervish, he hoped he would partake of bread and salt with him. The sheikh agreed because it is according to the sonna to accept an invitation. The next day the king paid him a visit, the a’bid. leapt up, embraced him, caressed him and praised him. After the monarch’s departure the sheikh was asked by one of his companions why he had, against his custom, paid so many attentions to the padshah, the like of which he had never seen before. He replied: ‘Hast thou not heard that one of the pious said:
“In whose company thou hast been sitting
To do him service thou must necessarily rise.
Possibly an ear may during a lifetime
Not hear the sound of drum, lute or fife.
The eye may be without the sight of a garden.
The brain may be without the rose or nasrin.
If no feather pillow be at hand
Sleep may be had with a stone under the head
And if there be no sweetheart to sleep with
The hand may be placed on one’s own bosom,
But this disreputable twisting belly
Cannot bear to exist without anything.”’
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Metre | 1110101000111010101101111011101100100111010 11010101110 11110101010 01010101 01010101011 110111101100101100011010010101111011101110101011101010110110100110111010010110110110111001010011111110101110111011100101010111111010110111111110101 0110011110 111101101001 1001111001 110111111 011101011010 0111010111 111010111 11111011001 011111111 0111111110 11010001010 1011010110 |
Characters | 1,549 |
Words | 276 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 1, 12 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 63 |
Words per line (avg) | 15 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 282 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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