Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 18 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE F GHBB I A| A royal prince having inherited abundant treasures from his father opened the hand of liberality and satisfied his impulse of generosity by lavishing without stint benefits upon the army and the population | A |
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| A tray of lignum aloes will emit no odour | B |
| Place it on fire it will smell like ambergris | C |
| If thou wishest to be accounted great be liberal | D |
| Because grain will not grow unless it be sown | E |
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| One of his courtiers began heedlessly to admonish him saying Former kings have by their exertions accumulated this wealth and deposited it for a useful purpose Cease this movement because calamities may arise in front and enemies in the rear It is not meet for thee to be helpless at a time of necessity | F |
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| If thou distributest a treasure to the multitude | G |
| Each householder will receive a grain of rice | H |
| Why takest thou not from each a barley corn of silver | B |
| That thou mayest accumulate every day a treasure | B |
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| The royal prince turned away his face at these words and said God the most high has made me the possessor of this country to enjoy and to bestow not to guard and to retain | I |
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| Qarun who possessed forty treasure houses perished Nushirvan has not died because he obtained a good reputation | A |
Saadi Shirazi
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