Sadi's Scroll of Wisdom, by Arthur N. Wollaston, [1906], at sacred-texts.com

SADI'S SCROLL OF WISDOM

In the Name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate!

O merciful Being! take pity on our condition;
For we are captives in the snare of lust!
We have no protector save Thee!
Thou art the all-sufficient Forgiver of sins to us sinners!
Keep us from the path of error;
Forgive us our trespasses, and show us righteousness.

IN PRAISE OF MUHAMMAD

The Peace of God be upon him and his Posterity!
So long as the tongue is fixed in the mouth,
May the praise of Muhammad be a source of delight.
The beloved of God, the most exalted of Prophets,
Whose pillow is the glorious firmament.
The earth-conquering horseman with his chestnut Buraq, 1
Which passed beyond the palace of the cerulean portico!

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Footnotes

30:1 The steed on which Muhammad is supposed to have visited Heaven.

ADDRESS TO THE SOUL

Forty years of thy precious existence have expired; p. 31
Yet thy life hath not passed beyond childhood.
Thou hast spent all in lust and licence;
Not a moment hast thou acted according to righteousness.
Rely not upon unstable life;
Be not confident that thou art safe from the sport of fortune.