Ch 05 On Love And Youth Story 17 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE F GEHI H JKEL M E E NOEKEA E PQAANR| In the year when Muhammad Khovarezm Shah concluded peace with the king of Khata to suit his own purpose I entered the cathedral mosque of Kashgar and saw an extremely handsome graceful boy as described in the simile | A |
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| Thy master has taught thee to coquet and to ravish hearts | B |
| Instructed thee to oppose to dally to blame and to be severe | C |
| A person of such figure temper stature and gait | D |
| I have not seen perhaps he learnt these tricks from a fairy | E |
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| He was holding in his hand the introduction to Zamaksharni s Arabic syntax and reciting Zaid struck Amru and was the injurer of Amru I said Boy Khovarezm and Khata have concluded peace and the quarrel between Zaid and Amru still subsists He smiled and asked for my birthplace I replied The soil of Shiraz He continued What rememberest thou of the compositions of Sa di I recited | F |
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| I am tired by a nahvi who makes a furious attack | G |
| Upon me like Zaid in his opposition to Amru | E |
| When Zaid submits he does not raise his head | H |
| And how can elevation subsist when submission is the regent | I |
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| He considered awhile and then said Most of his poetry current in this country is in the Persian language If thou wilt recite some it will be more easily understood Then I said | H |
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| When thy nature has enticed thee with syntax | J |
| It blotted out the form of intellect from our heart | K |
| Alas the hearts of lovers are captive in thy snare | E |
| We are occupied with thee but thou with Amru and Zaid | L |
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| The next morning when I was about to depart some people told him that I was Sa di whereon he came running to me and politely expressed his regret that I had not revealed my identity before so that he might have girded his loins to serve me in token of the gratitude due to the presence of a great man | M |
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| In spite of thy presence no voice came to say I am he | E |
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| He also said What would it be if thou wert to spend in this country some days in repose that we might derive advantage by serving thee I replied I cannot on account of the following adventure which occurred to me | E |
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| I beheld an illustrious man in a mountain region | N |
| Who had contentedly retired from the world into a cave | O |
| Why said I comest thou not into the city | E |
| For once to relax the bonds of thy heart | K |
| He replied Fairy faced maidens are there | E |
| When clay is plentiful elephants will stumble | A |
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| This I said Then we kissed each other s heads and faces and took leave of each other | E |
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| What profits it to kiss a friend s face | P |
| And at the same time to take leave of him | Q |
| Thou wouldst say that he who parts from friends is an apple | A |
| One half of his face is red and the other yellow | A |
| If I die not of grief on the day of separation | N |
| Reckon me not faithful in friendship | R |
Saadi Shirazi
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