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Story 29 - The Manners of Kings - gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Saadi Shirazi

Story 29 - The Manners of Kings - gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Saadi Shirazi

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    A vezier paid a visit to Zulnun Misri and asked for his favour, saying: 'I am day and night engaged in the service of the sultan and hoping to be rewarded but nevertheless dread to be punished by him.' Zulnun wept and said: 'Had I feared God, the great and glorious, as thou fearest the sultan, I would be one of the number of the righteous.'

    If there were no hope of rest and trouble

    The foot of the dervish would be upon the sphere

    And if the vezier feared God

    Like the king he would be king.

    A vezier paid a visit to Zulnun Misri and asked for his favour, saying: 'I am day and night engaged in the service of the sultan and hoping to be rewarded but nevertheless dread to be punished by him.' Zulnun wept and said: 'Had I feared God, the great and glorious, as thou fearest the sultan, I would be one of the number of the righteous.'

    If there were no hope of rest and trouble

    The foot of the dervish would be upon the sphere

    And if the vezier feared God

    Like the king he would be king.

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