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To the wall of the faithful what sorrow, when pillared securely on thee?

Saadi, Saadi poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry by Saadi
(1207? - 1291) Timeline

English version by
Edward B. Eastwick

Original Language
Persian/Farsi
Muslim / Sufi
13th Century

To the wall of the faithful what sorrow, when pillared securely on thee?
What terror where Nuh is the pilot, though rages the storm-driven sea?

 

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-- from The Gulistan of Sadi: The Rose Garden, Translated by Edward B. Eastwick

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Themes

  Water
 
 
 
 


Recommended Books


The Gulistan of Sadi: The Rose Garden, Translated by Edward B. Eastwick
The Mystics of Islam, by Reynold A. Nicholson
Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from the Sufi Wisdom, by Andrew Harvey / Eryk Hanut

 

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