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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    55^ TALE 61. 1 r 6 18 17 16 5 i 3 t 1 4*^ 1 • • f |> J 15 14 13 13 11 10 Ij 53 KS^y^ 23 Alskj 31 J/ 30 19 27 2B 95 LT 3 .S 94 [1 To a wise man—2 it befits not, it is improper—3 that—4 in the buf¬ foonery, insolence—5 from a common person—6 on account of gentleness, clemency mildness—7 should pass over (i. e., not notice)]—8 because—9 to each two—10 sides—11 loss, injury—12 has, (i. e., causes) possesses—13 the awe dread, respect—14 of this one ('i. e., the wise man)—15 becomes less—16 and the stupidity, ignorance—17 of that one (i. e., the low person) —18 fixed, confirmed (becomes)—19 when—20 with a low person—21 you speak—22 with kindness—23 and happiness, benignity, pleasure—24 increas¬ ing—25 becomes his—26 pride—27 and perverseness the neck, and to draw). A wise man ought not to suffer the insolence of a common person to pass unnoticed,* as he thereby injures both parties; for his own respectability will be lessened, and the other confirmed in his ignorance. When you speak to a low fellow with kindness and benignity, it increases his arrogance and perverseness Revised from No 1. to No. 7.—It is improper that a wise man, through mildness, should pass unnoticed the insolence of a common person.