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Shaikh Sadi

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Shaikh Sadi

Persian Kalam 17

Persian Sufi Poetry 13

Hikaayat 62

Quote 10

Green wood can be bent.

But once it becomes dry, it can only be straightened by fire.

Green wood can be bent.

But once it becomes dry, it can only be straightened by fire.

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Ten devishes can sleep beneath one blanket

Two kings cannot rein in one kingdom

Ten devishes can sleep beneath one blanket

Two kings cannot rein in one kingdom

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No one throws stones at the barren tree.

No one throws stones at the barren tree.

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A raindrop, dripping from a cloud.

Ashamed when it saw the see.

‘Who am I where is a sea’, it said.

As it saw itself, from the eyes of humility

A shell embraced him and makes him a pearl.

A raindrop, dripping from a cloud.

Ashamed when it saw the see.

‘Who am I where is a sea’, it said.

As it saw itself, from the eyes of humility

A shell embraced him and makes him a pearl.

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Throughout the long night a man wept

For the sick man beside him

At dawn the visitor was dead.

And the patient alive.

Throughout the long night a man wept

For the sick man beside him

At dawn the visitor was dead.

And the patient alive.

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