Story of the sage and his son حکایت حکیم و پسرش
Story of the Sage and His Son (حکایت حکیم و پسرش) is from Chapter III, On Love (در عشق و مستی و شور) 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
| In Nishafiur? what did an enlightened man say, When sleep bore his son, at night prayers, away? | یکی در نشابور دانی چه گفت چو فرزندش از فرض خفتن بخفت؟ |
| “Oh son! do not hope, if you have any soul, That you ever will reach, without striving, the goal! | توقع مدار ای پسر گر کسی که بی سعی هرگز به منزل رسی |
| The barley cut early will not come to aught; ‘Tis a profitless body, as if it were naught. | سمیلان چو بر مینگیرد قدم وجودی است بی منفعت چون عدم |
| Be desirous of gain, and for loss show alarm! For shareless is he who is careless of harm “. | طمع دار سود و بترس از زیان که بی بهره باشند فارغ زیان |
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