Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 52
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
Regret will not leave the hearts of two persons and their feet of contention will not emerge from the mire: a merchant with a wrecked ship and a youth sitting with qalandars.
Dervishes will consider it licit to shed thy blood
If they can have no access to thy property.
Either associate not with a friend who dons the blue garb,
Or bid farewell to all thy property.
Either make no friends with elephant-keepers
Or build a house suitable for elephants.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | A XBXBAA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 517 |
| Words | 83 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 6 |
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