Hekayat 1 from Chapter 8 of Golestan of Saadi
English Translation for Hekayat
Wealth is meant to bring comfort to life, not life to be spent accumulating wealth.
A wise man was asked, "Who is fortunate, and what defines misfortune?"
He replied, "The fortunate is one who enjoys and sows (for the future), and the unfortunate is one who dies and leaves (everything) behind."
Do not pray over the one who achieved nothing,
Who spent his life hoarding wealth but never enjoyed it.
متن حکایت
مال از بهر آسایش عمر است نه عمر از بهر گرد کردن مال. عاقلی را پرسیدند: «نیکبخت کیست و بدبختی چیست؟» گفت: «نیکبخت آن که خورد و کشت و بدبخت آن که مُرد و هِشت.»
مکن نماز بر آن هیچ کس که هیچ نکرد
که عمر در سرِ تحصیلِ مال کرد و نخورد
