The Gulistan of Shaik Saday : a complete analysis of the entire Persian text / by R.P. Anderson; prepared by an author purely to facilitate the study of the Persian language.

Saʻdī. Gulistān. English

Date:: 1861

Credit: The Gulistan of Shaik Saday : a complete analysis of the entire Persian text / by R.P. Anderson; prepared by an author purely to facilitate the study of the Persian language. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$r t V 10 19 9 8 7 6 18 17 16 15 5 4 S 2 1 14 13 12 11 xLijlj 1 Half 2 of a loaf of bread—3 if—4 eats—5 a man of God, good man—6 gift, present—7 to beggars—8 will do, {i. e, bestow)—9 the half—10 other—[11 the country or possessions—12 of a region—13 seizes, conquers, or takes, (from to seize)—14 a king—15 so also, likewise, nevertheless, notwithstand¬ ing, that, still—16 in, regarding—17 the subjection, subduing, (from ^ i to bind)—18 of clime, region—19 another.] If the pious man eateth half a loaf of bread he bestoweth the other half on the poor. If a king possesseth the dominion of a whole climate, he longeth to have the same enjoyment of another. Revised from No. 11 No. 19.—If a king subjugates the region of an entire clime, still he thinks of subduing other countries, is to seize or conquer a country, (t. e. to subjugate.) TALE 4. f W \0 98 7 6543 2,1 f 23 22 21 20 19 18“ 17 16 15 14 13 12 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 ^]yLo ^ y J^::syj S^jy \ ^^yil>Sj) f t 1 A band—2 of robbers—3 of Arabia, (i. e. Arabs)—4 on—5 the head, summit top—6 of a mountain—7 had assembled, (from to sit down, and i^^yj to be)—8 and—9 the road, passage—10 of the caravan—11 had blocked up, shut, (from to shut)—12 and—13 the peasants, subjects—14 of cities— 15 from—16 the tricks, artifices—17 of them—18 were distressed, terrified—19 and—20 the army, troops—21 of the Sultan—22 defeated, conquered—23 on account, reason, order—24 of that—25 a fortress, place of refuge—26 inacces¬ sible, impregnable—27 on—28 the head, summit, top—29 of a mountain—30 liad taken possession of, (from in hand, grasp, and ^^^ y\ to bring)— 31 and—32 asylum—33 and—34 dwelling, residence—35 had made, (from to make,) converted into. A gang of Arabian robbers had assembled on the top of a mountain, and blocked up the road of the caravan. The inhabitants were distressed by their stratagems, and the troops of the sultan, were overpowered ; because the thieves having possessed themselves of a fortress, on the summit of the mountain, made this stronghold their fixed residence.$