Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 35 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC| In conformity with the above sentiments an affair of importance emerged to a padshah who thereon vowed that if it terminated according to his wishes he would present devotees with a certain sum of money His wish having been fulfilled it became necessary to keep his promise Accordingly he gave a purse of dirhems to one of his confidential servants to distribute it among recluses It is related that the slave was intelligent and shrewd He walked about all day and returning at nightfall kissed the dirhems and deposited them before the king with the remark that he had not found any devotees The king rejoined What nonsense is this As far as I know there are four hundred devotees in this town He said Lord of the world who is a devotee does not accept money and who accepts it is not a devotee The king smiled and said to his courtiers Despite of my wishing to do good to this class of worshippers of God this rogue bears them emnity and thwarts my wish but truth is on his side | A |
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| If a devotee has taken dirhems and dinars | B |
| Find another who is more a devotee than he | C |
Saadi Shirazi
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