Font by Mehr Nastaliq Web

Story 11 - The Manners of Kings - gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Saadi Shirazi

Story 11 - The Manners of Kings - gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Saadi Shirazi

A dervish, whose prayers met with answers, made his appearance, and Hejaj Yusuf, calling him, said: 'Utter a good prayer for me', whereon the dervish exclaimed: 'O God, take his life.' He replied: 'For God's sake, what prayer is this?' The dervish rejoined: 'It is a good prayer for thee and for all Musalmans.'

O tyrant, who oppressest thy subjects,

How long wilt thou persevere in this?

Of what use is authority to thee?

To die is better for thee than to oppress men.

A dervish, whose prayers met with answers, made his appearance, and Hejaj Yusuf, calling him, said: 'Utter a good prayer for me', whereon the dervish exclaimed: 'O God, take his life.' He replied: 'For God's sake, what prayer is this?' The dervish rejoined: 'It is a good prayer for thee and for all Musalmans.'

O tyrant, who oppressest thy subjects,

How long wilt thou persevere in this?

Of what use is authority to thee?

To die is better for thee than to oppress men.

0
COMMENTS
VIEW COMMENTS VIEW COMMENTS

Additional information available

Click on the INTERESTING button to view additional information associated with this sher.

OKAY

About this sher

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi volutpat porttitor tortor, varius dignissim.

Close

rare Unpublished content

This ghazal contains ashaar not published in the public domain. These are marked by a red line on the left.

OKAY
Speak Now