Story OF THE GOOD MAN SEEN IN A DREAM حکایت به خواب دیدن مرد نیک کردار
Story of the Good Man Seen in a Dream (حکایت به خواب دیدن مرد نیک کردار) is from Chapter IV, On Humility (در تواضع) of Saadi’s Bustan (بوستان, “The Orchard”), written in 1257. The Persian verses are given with a rhymed English translation, couplet by couplet.
Bustan Saadi بوستان سعدی
| A beneficent man who a good nature had, Spoke kindly of people whose natures were bad. | یکی خوب کردار، خوش خوی بود که بد سیرتان را نکو گوی بود |
| After death, by a man in a dream he was seen, Who said, ” Kindly tell what your trials have been? “ | به خوابش کسی دید چون در گذشت که باری حکایت کن از سرگذشت |
| A mouth like a rose, smiling sweetly, ope’d wide; In a voice like the nightingale’s notes, he replied: | دهانی به خنده چو گل باز کرد چو بلبل به صوتی خوش آغاز کرد |
| “They did not address me with harshness of tone, For harshness to any I never had shown.” | که بر من نکردند سختی بسی که من سخت نگرفتمی با کسی |
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