Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 25

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)



A man whose hands and feet had been amputated killed a millipede and a pious passer-by exclaimed: ‘Praised be Allah! In spite of the thousand feet he possessed he could not escape from a man without hands and feet when his fate had overtaken him.’

       When the life-taking foe comes in the rear  
       Fate ties the legs of a running man.  
       At the moment when the enemy has slowly arrived  
       It is useless to draw the Kayanian bow.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Characters 457
Words 81
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 4

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