Gulistan of Saadi
On the Excellence of Contentment
Story 17
I noticed an Arab of the desert sitting in a company jewellers at Bosrah and narrating stories to them.
He said: ‘I had once lost my road in the desert and consumed all my provisions. I considered that I
must perish when I suddenly caught sight of a bag full of pearls and I shall never forget the joy and
ecstasy I felt on thinking they might be parched grain nor the bitterness and despair when I discovered
them to be pearls.’
In a dry desert and among moving sand
It is the same to a thirsty man whether he has pearls or shells in his mouth.
When a man has no provisions and his strength is exhausted
It matters not whether his girdle is adorned with pearls or potsherds.
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