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Story ON THE FRAILTY OF LOVERS حکایت در معنی اهل محبت

Story ON THE FRAILTY OF LOVERS حکایت در معنی اهل محبت

Story on the Frailty of Lovers (حکایت در معنی اهل محبت) 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

I have heard that a minstrel’s sweet notes so entranced
A fairy-faced maid that she gracefully danced.
Her, the hearts of admirers so closely begirt,
That the flame of a candle set fire to her skirt  
  شنیدم که بر لحن خنیاگری
به رقص اندر آمد پری پیکری
ز دلهای شوریده پیرامنش
گرفت آتش شمع در دامنش
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

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