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Muslim / Sufi
13th Century

About Saadi

Timeline (1207? - 1291)

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English version by
Edward B. Eastwick

Original Language
Persian/Farsi
The world, my brother! will abide with none,

Themes
  Death
  Heart
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

The Gulistan of Sadi: The Rose Garden, Translated by Edward B. Eastwick
The Mystics of Islam, by Reynold A. Nicholson
Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from the Sufi Wisdom, by Andrew Harvey / Eryk Hanut

The world, my brother! will abide with none,
By the world's Maker let thy heart be won.
Rely not, nor repose on this world's gain,
For many a son like thee she has reared and slain.
What matters, when the spirit seeks to fly,
If on a throne or on bare earth we die?

 

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-- from The Gulistan of Sadi: The Rose Garden, Translated by Edward B. Eastwick

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