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Sheikh Muslih-uddin Sa'di Shirazi
Gulistan of Sa'di

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  • Chapter V - ON LOVE AND YOUTH
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Story 2
 
 
  It is said that a gentleman possessed a slave of exquisite beauty,
whom he regarded with love and affection. He nevertheless said to a
friend: 'Would that this slave of mine, with all the beauty and good
qualities he possesses, had not a long and uncivil tongue!' He
replied: 'Brother, do not expect service, after professing friendship;
because when relations between lover and beloved come in, the
relations between master and servant are superseded':
 
 
      When a master with a fairy-faced slave
      Begins to play and to laugh
      What wonder if the latter coquets like the master
      And the gentleman bears it like a slave?
 
 
        A slave is to draw water and make bricks.
        A pampered slave will strike with the fist.
 
 
 
 



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