Tales from the Gulistan

by Sa'di

TALES FROM

THE GULISTÂN

OR ROSE-GARDEN
OF THE SHEIKH
SA’DI OF
SHIRÂZ

TRANSLATED BY

SIR RICHARD BURTON

AND ILLUSTRATED BY

JOHN KETTELWELL

LONDON

PHILIP ALLAN & CO. LTD.

69 GREAT RUSSELL STREET

MDCCCCXXVIII

“THE TIME OF THE DOMINION OF ROSES”

[Frontispiece

Made and Printed in Great Britain by
The Camelot Press Limited,
London and Southampton

CONTENTS

	INTRODUCTION	page	ix
	PREFACE	page„	xi
I.	THE MANNERS OF KINGS	page„	1
II.	THE MORALS OF DERVISHES	page„	57
III.	ON THE EXCELLENCE OF CONTENTMENT	page„	111
IV.	ON THE ADVANTAGES OF SILENCE	page„	151
V.	ON LOVE AND YOUTH	page„	163
VI.	ON WEAKNESS AND OLD AGE	page„	185
VII.	ON THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION	page„	193
VIII.	ON RULES FOR CONDUCT OF LIFE	page„	221
	CONCLUSION OF THE BOOK	{{{1}}}„	255

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE TIME OF THE DOMINION OF ROSES	Frontispiece
I HEARD A PÂDSHÂH	facing page	3
THE BUDDING OF MY YOUTH OVERCAME ME	"	59
IF THOU EATEST ROSE-CONFECTIONERY	"	113
MY LEARNING IS IN TRADITION	"	153
POSSESSED A SLAVE OF EXQUISITE BEAUTY	"	165
WHEN THOU ART OLD	"	187
SHOW WHAT THOU HAST OF BRAVERY AND STRENGTH	"	195
IF THOU WILT LISTEN TO ADVICE	"	223