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Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Admonition 08

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)

As long as an affair can be arranged with gold, it is not proper to endanger life.

           When the hand is foiled in every stratagem  
           It is licit to put the hand to the sword.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XX
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 197
Words 37
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 2
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