Story of the man and his lost son حکایت مردی که پسرش را گم کرد
Story of the Man and His Lost Son (حکایت مردی که پسرش را گم کرد) is from Chapter II, On Beneficence (در احسان) 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 man lost his son off a pack-camel’s back, And, at night, searched the whole caravan for his track. He asked at each tent, and to ev’ry side hied In the darkness, the light shining bright he espied. | یکی را پسر گم شد از راحله شبانگه بگردید در قافله ز هر خیمه پرسید وهر سو شتافت به تاریکی آن روشنایی بیافت |
| When again he returned to the caravan folk, To a driver of camels, I heard, he thus spoke: — Do you know how this gem was recovered by me Whoever approached me, I said, ‘It is he!'” | چو آمد بر مردم کاروان شنیدم که می‌گفت با ساروان ندانی که چون راه بردم به دوست! هر آن کس که پیش آمدم گفتم اوست |
| The holy, with life, ask each person they can, In the hope that they sometime may get the right man. For the sake of one heart, many griefs they oppose, And endure many thorns, for the sake of one rose. | از آن اهل دل در پی هرکسند که باشد که روزی به مردی رسند برند از برای دلی بارها کشند از برای گلی خارها |
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