Hekayat 26 from Chapter 2 of Golestan of Saadi

I remember that one night, while traveling with a caravan, I had been walking all night and at dawn, I slept by the edge of a forest.

A disturbed man who was traveling with us let out a cry and took to the desert, unable to find peace for a moment.

When morning came, I asked him: “What was the matter?”

He said: "I saw the nightingales lamenting from the trees, the partridges from the mountains, the frogs in the water, and the beasts in the forest;

I thought it would be unmanly for all to be praising God while I slept in heedlessness."

Last night, a bird was lamenting at dawn

It took away my reason, patience, and strength

One of my sincere friends

Perhaps heard my voice

He said: "I did not believe that a bird’s cry

Could make you so distraught."

I said: "This is not the way of humanity

For the bird to be praising and me to be silent."