On Oct. 6, 2024, 5:40 a.m. hamed:

@hamed Oct. 6, 2024, 5:40 a.m.

New Rubaei Posted: Quatrain 119 from Rubaiyat of Saadi Shirazi

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Quatrain 119 from Rubaiyat of Saadi Shirazi

Description: English Translation:

Literal:

"To see a needle in the eye instead of kohl,
to see a spark that has set a haystack on fire,

to see a chain around the neck in a foreign land,
is better than seeing an enemy instead of a friend."

Poetic:

"A needle in the eye, a spark ignites the hay,
A chain around the neck, a foreign land's dismay,

All these are better, so it seems to me,
Than seeing a friend replaced by enmity."