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PoetSeers Spiritual Poets Sufi poets Saadi The World my brother

The World my brother

The world, my brother! will abide with none,
By the world's Maker let thy heart be won.
Rely not, nor repose on this world's gain,
For many a son like thee she has reared and slain.
What matters, when the spirit seeks to fly,
If on a throne or on bare earth we die?

By: Sa'adi

  • English version byEdward B. Eastwick