I remember that one night a dear friend of mine entered when I jumped up in such a heedless way that the lamp was extinguished by my sleeve. A vision appeared in the night and by its appearance the darkness was illuminated.
I was amazed at my luck exclaiming whence this felicity?
He took a seat and began reproving me saying that when I beheld him I extinguished the lamp. I said: -I thought the sun had risen and wits have said:
When an ugly person comes before the lamp
Arise to him and pull him into the assembly
But if it be a sugar-smiled, sweet-lipped one
Pull him by the sleeve and extinguish the lamp.-
Ch 05 On Love And Youth Story 06
Saadi Shirazi
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Poem topics: friend, remember, sun, dear, sweet, person, sugar, vision, ugly, thought, night, lamp, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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