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
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    6 I TALE 27. 4 1 Whoever—2 advice—3 to a conceited one—4 does (i. e., gives)—5 lie himself—6 with the advice, counsel—7 of another—8 is in want. He who gives advice to a self conceited man, stands himself in need of counsel from another. TALE 28. 98^ 6 5 4 3? ] (3jj ^ '-r'i/* 18 17 16 IS 14 13 12 11 10 ^4.1^ 5 45 24 23 22 21 20 19 luxW) 33 32 31 30 29 28 11 t6 yj’ l5 SI 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 /' 1 The deceit 2 of an enemy—3 eat not (i. e., be not caught with)—4and the vanity, vain glory—.5 of the praiser, encomiast, panegyrist—6 purchase not, buy not—7 because that one—[8 the net—9 glittering, (of fraud, hypo- crisy)]—10 has placed, spread—11 and this one—12 the palate—13 of avarice —14 has opened—15 to the fool, blockhead—16 praise flattery—17 pleasant, nice—18 comes—19 like as—20 corpse—21 that in—22 its heel—23 blown inflated, bloated—24 fat—25 appears—26 take care that you listen not 27 to the praise, flattery—28 of the orator, speaker—29 because for a little 30 stock, capital—31 profit, interest, advantage—32 from you—33 possess¬ es (i. e., hopes for, or expects)—34 if—35 one day—36 his desire, wish—37 you do not fulfil, comply with—38 two hundred—.39 such—40 your faults, crimes—41 he will commit, or impute. * Be not caught by the deceit of an enemy, nor be proud of the praise of a flatterer; for that has spread the thin net; * and this has opened the palate of avarice. A blockhead is pleased with praise; like a corpse whose inflated heel has the appearance of plumpness. Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, he imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections. • Revised from No. 8 to No. 9.—Read «the net of fraud.” 3 T