The Gulistan of Shaik Saday : a complete analysis of the entire Persian text / by R.P. Anderson; prepared by an author purely to facilitate the study of the Persian language.

  • Saʻdī.
Date:
1861
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Credit: The Gulistan of Shaik Saday : a complete analysis of the entire Persian text / by R.P. Anderson; prepared by an author purely to facilitate the study of the Persian language. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    aixJai' 7 G 5 4 3 U if * 3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10 9 19 18 17 16 15 43 .Xj L O 1.0 J llo 1 J US'*! 'y 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 [1 As because 2 the temple of Mecca—3 the place where people look when praying, (therefore it means Mecca,) any thing opposite—4 wants, desires—5 is, was]—6 from—7 country—8 distant, far off-9 they go—10 the people—11 to see it—12 from—13 many—14 a league, (18,000 feet) —15 to you—16 endurance, to bear the load, trouble—17 of like—18 of us— 19 should do, should make up your mind to—20 because—21 any one—22 does not throw—23 on a tree—24 without—25 fruit—26 a stone. Because the temple of Mecca is the bestower of our wants,* multitudes resort to it from many farsangs, you must therefore suffer the importunity of such as myself, since no one flings a stone into a tree that hath no fruit.” » Bevised from No. 1 to No. 5.—Because the temple of Mecca is the direction (in we look), when praying for our wants. ' which TALE 18. 9 Cl-j C1.1L, cL,!,,. ^ 17 16 15 14 .Li’ 13 t 12 11 10 dials' 1 A prince, a king’s son—2 money, treasure, wealth—3 great, immense— 4 from father—5 inheritance, patrimony—6 received—7 hand—8 liberality— 9 opened—10 justice, gifts, complaint, revenge, law, equity—11 liberality, ge¬ nerosity—12 gave—13 wealth, favours—14 beyond imagination, innumerable 15 on soldiers 16 and subjects—17 scattered, distributed. A prince inherited from his father abundance of wealth. He opened the hand of liberality, and bestowed innumerable largesses and gifts on his troops and subjects. ^ M