Analysis of Ch 07 On The Effects Of Education Story 05
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
The son of a pious man inherited great wealth left him by some uncles, whereon he plunged into dissipation and profligacy, became a spendthrift and, in short, left no heinous transgression unperpetrated and no intoxicant untasted. I advised him and said: ‘My son, income is a flowing water and expense a turning mill; that is to say, only he who has a fixed revenue is entitled to indulge in abundant expenses.
‘If thou hast no income, spend but frugally
Because the sailors chant this song:
“If there be no rain in the mountains
The bed of the Tigris will be dry in one year.”
‘Follow wisdom and propriety, abandon play and sport because thy wealth will be exhausted, whereon thou wilt fall into trouble and will repent.’ The youth was prevented by the delights of the flute and of drink from accepting my admonition but found fault therewith, saying that it is contrary to the opinion of intelligent men to embitter present tranquillity by cares concerning the future:
Why should possessors of enjoyment and luck
Bear sorrow for fear of distress?
Go, be merry, my heart-rejoicing friend.
The pain of tomorrow must not be eaten today.
And how could I restrain myself, who am occupying the highest seat of liberality, have bound the knot of generosity and the fame of whose beneficence has become the topic of general conversation?
Who has become known for his liberality and generosity
Must not put a lock upon his dirhems.
When the name of a good fellow has spread in a locality
The door cannot be dosed against it.
When I perceived that he did not accept my advice and that my warm breath was not taking effect upon his cold iron, I left off admonishing him and turned away my face from his companionship, acting according to the words of philosophers, who said: Impart to them what thou hast and if they receive it not, it is not thy fault.
Although thou knowest thou wilt not be heard, say
Whatever thou knowest of good wishes and advice.
It may soon happen that thou wilt behold a silly fellow
With both his feet fallen into captivity,
Striking his hands together, and saying: ‘Alas,
I have not listened to the advice of a scholar.’
After some time I saw the consequences of his dissolute behaviour-which I apprehended-realized. When I beheld him sewing patch upon patch and gathering crumb after crumb, my heart was moved with pity for his destitute condition, in which I did not consider it humane to scratch his internal wounds with reproaches or to sprinkle salt upon them. Accordingly, I said to myself:
A foolish fellow in the height of intoxication
Cares not for the coming day of distress.
The tree which sheds its foliage in spring
Will certainly have no leaves remaining in winter.
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Metre | 011010101001111111011101010010001010011110010101111011011111010100010101111110111011010101010010010 1111111100 01010111 111110010 011010111011 10100010001010101111101011110110010101101010011010111010101011111011110010010101001101010111010010 111101001 11011101 1110110101 011011111001 0111011111000101101001101101000011101001010101100010 1101111010000100 111010111 1011011011000100 011011011 11011111011010111111100101111011101001010111110101001010110100110111111011011111111 111111111 10111110001 111101110101010 111110010100 101101001001 1111010011010 10111101001111110101011111010110100110111111101110010011110101011110101111110101101001111 0101000110010 1110101101 011111001 1100111010010 |
Characters | 2,911 |
Words | 478 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 6, 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 80 |
Words per line (avg) | 18 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 217 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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