Story OF THE REBELLIOUS SUBJECT حکایت سرکشی
Story of the Rebellious Subject (حکایت سرکشی) is from Chapter IX, On Penitence (در توبه و راه صواب) 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 subject engaged with a monarch in strife; To the foe he consigned him and said, ” Take his life! “ | یکی برد با پادشاهی ستیز به دشمن سپردش که خونش بریز |
| Held fast in that harsh executioner’s clutch, To himself he was saying, with warmth weeping much, | گرفتار در دست آن کینه توز همی گفت هر دم به زاری و سوز |
| “Had I brought not the wrath of the friend on my head, By the enemy, when would my blood have been shed? “ | اگر دوست بر خود نیازردمی کی از دست دشمن جفا بردمی؟ |
| Do not turn from the friend, if you claim to be wise, That the foe may not view you with sinister eyes. | |
| The comrade incurring the Friend’s wrath, let slide! The foe’s ruthless harshness will tear off his hide. | بتا جور دشمن به دردش پوست رفیقی که بر خود بیازرد دوست |
| With the friend be united in word and in heart, That the enemy’s root from its base may depart! | تو با دوست یکدل شو و یک سخن که خود بیخ دشمن برآید ز بن |
| This hideous aspersion I cannot commend: “In pleasing a foe to cause hurt to a friend! “ | نپندارم این زشت نامی نکوست به خشنودی دشمن آزار دوست |
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