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On Oct. 3, 2024, 3:15 p.m. hamed:

@hamed Oct. 3, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

New Rubaei Posted: Quatrain 99 from Rubaiyat of Saadi Shirazi

Description: English Translation:

Literal:

"I will rise, for this deliberation will last no longer.
If the enemy strikes me with sword or arrow,

if it is possible to grasp his sleeve, I will do so;
otherwise, I will go to his threshold."

Poetic:

"I'll rise and face my foe, delay no more,
Be it by sword or arrow that he'll score.

I'll seize his sleeve, if chance allows me to,
Or else, I'll seek his mercy, humbly true."