Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 10

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)



I was constantly engaged in prayer, at the head of the prophet
Yahia's tomb in the cathedral mosque of Damascus, when one of the Arab
kings, notorious for his injustice, happened to arrive on a pilgrimage
to it, who offered his supplications and asked for compliance with his
needs.

 The dervish and the plutocrat are slaves on the floor of this
   threshold
 And those who are the wealthiest are the most needy.

 Then he said to me: 'Dervishes being zealous and veracious in
their dealings, unite thy mind to mine, for I am apprehensive of a
powerful enemy.' I replied: 'Have mercy upon thy feeble subjects
that thou mayest not be injured by a strong foe.'

 With a powerful arm and the strength of the wrist
 To break the five fingers of a poor man is sin.
 Let him be afraid who spares not the fallen
 Because if he falls no one will take hold of his hand.
 Whoever sows bad seed and expects good fruit
 Has cudgelled his brains for nought and begotten vain imaginations.
 Extract the cotton from thy ears and administer justice to thy
   people
 And if thou failest to do so, there is a day of retribution.

       The sons of Adam are limbs of each other
       Having been created of one essence.

   When the calamity of time afflicts one limb
   The other limbs cannot remain at rest.
   If thou hast no sympathy for the troubles of others
   Thou art unworthy to be called by the name of a man.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXX XXX AXXX XABXXXXXB XX XXXX
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,382
Words 257
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 3, 4, 9, 2, 4

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