Ch 01 Manner of Kings Story 12
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
An unjust king asked a devotee what kind of worship is best? He replied: "For thee the best is to sleep one half of the day so as not to injure the people for a while."
I saw a tyrant sleeping half the day.
I said: "This confusion, if sleep removes it, so much the better;
But he whose sleep is better than his wakefulness
Is better dead than leading such a bad life."
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Characters | 408 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
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