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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$3 2 1 I ^ jLj gUlsj, 7 6 5 4 **Ia5 10 9 8 13 12 11 vXxj I ^ ^ ^ ^ aX> 16 15 14 ••• ^ ■ \ t \iji.yt.*“ ^ y*- 20 19 18 17 (•-y* [1 On your own face, presence—2 the door of avarice, (i. e., charity)— 3 you cannot throw back—4 when—5 become, open, back—6 with severity, violence—7 you cannot shut it, (from height, lofty) ]—8 a person—9 does not see—10 the thirsty pilgrims—11 at the brink—12 of salt water, brackish— 13 assembled—14 everywhere, place—15 there is a fountain—16 sweet—17 men—18 and birds—19 and ants—20 flock, assemble. A monarch cannot admit people into his presence, and, when the door of liberality is open, then shut it upon them with violence.* No one seeth the thirsty pilgrims on the sea-shore ; wherever there is a spring of sweet water, men, birds, and ants flock together. * Revised from No. 1 to No 7.—You cannot in your own presence, throw open the door of charity, (literal door of avarice,) and, when it is open, shut it again with violence. Remark.—This means, that it is ever hard ordifi&cult to be truly liberal, i. e., when one has “ opened the heart,” and laid aside avaricious thoughts and ideas, he becomes charitable, or has “ opened the door of charity,” wliich is shut by avarice.$