Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 49

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)



An envious man is avaricious with the wealth of God and hates the guiltless as foes.

I saw a crackbrained little man,  
           Reviling a possessor of dignity,  
           Who replied: ‘O fellow, if thou art unlucky,  
           What guilt is there in lucky men?’  
           Forbear to wish evil to an envious man  
           Because the ill-starred fellow is an evil to himself.  
           What needest thou to show enmity to him  
           Who has such a foe on the nape of his neck?


Scheme X ABBXAXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1100111101110101011 1101101 100101100 101110111010 11110101 11110111001 01011101110101 1111110011 11101101111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 513
Words 81
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 8
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 159
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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