Story 17-the Excellence of Contentment- gulistaan-e-sa.adii
Story 17-the Excellence of Contentment- gulistaan-e-sa.adii
Saadi Shirazi
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I noticed an Arab of the desert sitting in a company jewellers at Bosrah and narrating stories to them. He said: 'I had once lost my road in the desert and consumed all my provisions. I considered that I must perish when I suddenly caught sight of a bag full of pearls and I shall never forget the joy and ecstasy I felt on thinking they might be parched grain nor the bitterness and despair when I discovered them to be pearls.'
In a dry desert and among moving sand
It is the same to a thirsty man whether he has pearls or shells in
his mouth.
When a man has no provisions and his strength is exhausted
It matters not whether his girdle is adorned with pearls or
potsherds.
I noticed an Arab of the desert sitting in a company jewellers at Bosrah and narrating stories to them. He said: 'I had once lost my road in the desert and consumed all my provisions. I considered that I must perish when I suddenly caught sight of a bag full of pearls and I shall never forget the joy and ecstasy I felt on thinking they might be parched grain nor the bitterness and despair when I discovered them to be pearls.'
In a dry desert and among moving sand
It is the same to a thirsty man whether he has pearls or shells in
his mouth.
When a man has no provisions and his strength is exhausted
It matters not whether his girdle is adorned with pearls or
potsherds.
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