Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 17 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE D FGHIJK| A bareheaded and barefooted pedestrian who had arrived from Kufah with the Hejaz caravan of pilgrims joined us strutted about and recited | A |
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| I am neither riding a camel nor under a load like a camel | B |
| I am neither a lord of subjects nor the slave of a potentate | C |
| Grief for the present or distress for the past does not trouble me | D |
| I draw my breath in comfort and thus spend my life | E |
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| A camel rider shouted to him O dervish where art thou going Return for thou wilt expire from hardships He paid no attention but entered the desert and marched When we reached the station at the palm grove of Mahmud the rich man was on the point of death and the dervish approaching his pillow said We have not expired from hardship but thou hast died on a dromedary | D |
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| A man wept all night near the head of a patient | F |
| When the day dawned he died and the patient revived | G |
| Many a fleet charger had fallen dead | H |
| While a lame ass reached the station alive | I |
| Often healthy persons were in the soil | J |
| Buried and the wounded did not die | K |
Saadi Shirazi
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